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


In Context

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.|

62 But Jesus said to him, |No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:60Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim 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 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.