Skip to content
Methodist Church Nadiad
He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

Luke 9:59 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીલૂક ૯:૫૯
ઈસુએ બીજાને કહ્યું કે, ‘મારી પાછળ આવ.’ પણ તેણે કહ્યું કે, ‘પ્રભુ મને રજા આપ કે હું જઈને પહેલાં મારા પિતાને દફનાવીને આવું.’”
हिन्दीलूका ९:५९
उसने दूसरे से कहा, “मेरे पीछे हो ले।” उसने कहा, “हे प्रभु, मुझे पहले जाने दे कि अपने पिता को गाड़ दूँ।”

In context

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

58Jesus 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.”

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

60But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”

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

Read the whole chapter

Ask us anything

Try asking

This assistant searches this website and the Bible, and uses AI for general questions about the Bible — those answers are marked. It cannot answer everything; for anything personal, please speak to our pastors.