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The Cost of Following Jesus

<< Luke 9 >>

57And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go.

58And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.

59And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.

60Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but you go and preach the kingdom of God.

61And another also said, Lord, I will follow you; but let me first go bid them farewell, who are at home at my house.

62And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, 

and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father 

and my mother, and then I will follow thee.

And he said unto him, Go back again: 

for what have  I done to thee? 1 Kings 19:20