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


In Context

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 9:62 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:62And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:62Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:62But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:62But Jesus said to him, No one having laid his hand on the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:62But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:62And Jesus said to him, No man having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:62But Jesus said to him, |No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:62and Jesus said unto him, 'No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:62And Jesus said to him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.