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


In Context

56 For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.| They went to another village.

57 As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, |I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.|

58 Jesus said to him, |The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.|

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

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

61 Another also said, |I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.|

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:59He said to another man, "Follow me." But the man replied, "Lord, first let me 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 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.