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


In Context

56 for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save;' and they went on to another village.

57 And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, 'I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;'

58 and Jesus said to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'

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

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

61 And another also said, 'I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in 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 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 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.