King James Version (KJV)
Luke 9:58
“And Jesus said unto him, ‹Foxes have holes, and birds of the air› [have] ‹nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay› [his] ‹head.›”
Verse in context — Luke 9
56
‹For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save› [them]. And they went to another village.
57
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain [man] said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
58
And Jesus said unto him, ‹Foxes have holes, and birds of the air› [have] ‹nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay› [his] ‹head.›
59
And he said unto another, ‹Follow me.› But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
60
Jesus said unto him, ‹Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.›
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