Luke 9:60-62

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⁶⁰Jesus replied, “Let those without eternal life concern themselves with things like that.^[a] Your duty is to come and preach the coming of the Kingdom of God to all the world.”

⁶¹Another said, “Yes, Lord, I will come, but first let me ask permission of those at home.”^[b]

⁶²But Jesus told him, “Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God.”

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Footnotes

Luke 9:60 Let those without eternal life concern themselves with things like that, or “Let those who are spiritually dead care for their own dead.”
Luke 9:61 ask permission of those at home, literally, “bid them farewell at home.”