Luke 9:58-60

1599 Geneva Bible

⁵⁸And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven nests, but the Son of man hath not whereon to lay his head.

⁵⁹^[a]But he said unto another, Follow me. And the same said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

⁶⁰And Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury ^[b]their dead: but go thou, and preach the kingdom of God.

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Footnotes

Luke 9:59 The calling of God ought to be preferred, without all controversy before all duties that we owe to men.
Luke 9:60 Who notwithstanding that they live in this frail life of man, yet are strangers from the true life, which is everlasting and heavenly.

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