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Luke 9:59
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Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
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And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
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He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
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And He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, allow me first, having gone away, to bury my father.”
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Luke 9
57 As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow You wherever You go.”
58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
59 Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60 But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
61 Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
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