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


In Context

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."

62 Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."

Luke 9:60 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:60Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:60And Jesus said to him: Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou, and preach the kingdom of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:60But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:60But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:60But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:60Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:60But Jesus said to him, |Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:60and Jesus said to him, 'Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:60Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go you and preach the kingdom of God.