Luke 9:59

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 6:33 : 33 but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.
  • Matt 8:21-22 : 21 And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;' 22 and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'
  • Matt 9:9 : 9 And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,
  • 1 Kgs 19:20 : 20 and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, `Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.' And he saith to him, `Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?'
  • Hag 1:2 : 2 Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people! -- they have said, `The time hath not come, The time the house of Jehovah `is' to be built.'
  • Matt 4:19-22 : 19 and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,' 20 and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him. 21 And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them, 22 and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

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  • Matt 8:19-22
    4 verses
    93%

    19 and a certain scribe having come, said to him, `Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;'

    20 and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

    21 And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'

    22 and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'

  • Luke 9:60-62
    3 verses
    88%

    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;'

    62 and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'

  • Luke 9:57-58
    2 verses
    80%

    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.'

  • Luke 9:22-23
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    22 saying -- `It behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and the third day to be raised.'

    23 And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

  • 24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

  • 19 and this he said, signifying by what death he shall glorify God; and having said this, he saith to him, `Be following me.'

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    25 And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

    26 `If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

    27 and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

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    28 `And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'

    29 And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.

    30 `And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I `go', sir, and went not;

  • 37 And he did not suffer any one to follow with him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James;

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    36 Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, whither dost thou go away?' Jesus answered him, `Whither I go away, thou art not able now to follow me, but afterward thou shalt follow me.'

    37 Peter saith to him, `Sir, wherefore am I not able to follow thee now? my life for thee I will lay down;'

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    18 `And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

    19 `And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:

  • 9 And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

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    21 Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

    22 And the young man, having heard the word, went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions;

  • 34 And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

  • 22 and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, `Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things -- as many as thou hast -- sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'

  • 21 And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast -- sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'

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    37 `He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

    38 and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

  • 28 and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.

  • 19 And Jesus having risen, did follow him, also his disciples,

  • 11 And he said, `A certain man had two sons,

  • 19 and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

  • 22 and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

  • 17 And as he is going forth into the way, one having run and having kneeled to him, was questioning him, `Good teacher, what may I do, that life age-during I may inherit?'

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    28 And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.'

    29 And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news',

  • 33 `So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

  • 5 My father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;'

  • 29 and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,

  • 33 And he said to him, `Sir, with thee I am ready both to prison and to death to go;'

  • 34 `Where have ye laid him?' they say to him, `Sir, come and see;'

  • 22 Jesus saith to him, `If him I will to remain till I come, what -- to thee? be thou following me.' This word, therefore, went forth to the brethren that that disciple doth not die,

  • 37 and the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.

  • 13 And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, `Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'

  • 20 and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.

  • 21 therefore said Jesus again to them, `I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'