King James Version (KJV)

Luke 9:59

“And he said unto another, ‹Follow me.› But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.”

Verse in context — Luke 9

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.

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.›

And he said unto another, ‹Follow me.› But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Jesus said unto him, ‹Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.›

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

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