Luke 9:61
Good News Translation
Someone else said, "I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say good-bye to my family."

New Revised Standard Version
Another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”

Contemporary English Version
Then someone said to Jesus, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first let me go back and take care of things at home."

New American Bible
And another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house.

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Luke 14:18-20,26 And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm and I must needs go out and see it. I pray thee, hold me excused. . . .

Deuteronomy 33:9 Who hath said to his father, and to his mother: I do not know you; and to his brethren: I know you not: and their own children they have not known. These have kept thy word, and observed thy covenant,

1 Kings 19:20 And he forthwith left the oxen, and run after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back: for that which was my part, I have done to thee.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.

Matthew 10:37,38 He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. . . .

Context
The Cost of Discipleship
60And Jesus said to him: Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 61And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house. 62Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.…
Cross References
1 Kings 19:20
And he forthwith left the oxen, and run after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back: for that which was my part, I have done to thee.

2 Corinthians 2:13
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but bidding them farewell, I went into Macedonia.

Luke 9:60
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