59He said to another man, "Follow me." But the man replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."


In Context

56 and they went to another village.

57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."

58 Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

59 He said to another man, "Follow me." But the man replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."

60 Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."

61 Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good-by to my family."

Luke 9:59 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:59And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:59But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go, and to bury my father.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:59And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:59And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me to go first and bury my father.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:59And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:59And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:59He said to another, |Follow me!| But he said, |Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:59And he said unto another, 'Be following me;' and he said, 'Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:59And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.