Following Jesus^(A)

⁵⁷ As they were going along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you ·any place [wherever] you go.”

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “The foxes have ·holes [dens] to live in, and the ·birds [^Lbirds of the sky] have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to ·rest [lay] his head.”

⁵⁹ Jesus said to another man, “Follow me!”

But he said, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

⁶⁰ But Jesus said to him, “Let the people who are [^Cspiritually] dead bury their own dead. You must go and ·tell about [proclaim] the kingdom of God.”

⁶¹ Another man said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me go and say good-bye to my family.”

⁶² Jesus said, “Anyone who ·begins to plow a field [^Lputs a hand to the plow] but keeps looking back is ·of no use in [or not fit for] the kingdom of God.”

People Want to Follow Jesus^(A)

¹⁸ When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he ·told [instructed; ordered] his ·followers [disciples] to ·go [cross] to the other side of the lake. ¹⁹ Then a ·teacher of the law [scribe] came to Jesus and said, “·Teacher [Master], I will follow you any place you go.”

²⁰ Jesus said to him, “The foxes have ·holes [dens] to live in, and the birds [^Lof the sky] have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to ·rest [lay] his head.”

²¹ Another man, one of Jesus’ ·followers [disciples], said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

²² But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the people who are dead [^Cspiritually] bury their own dead.”