Luke 9:51-62

21st Century King James Version

⁵¹ And it came to pass, when the time had come that He should be received up, He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem,

⁵² and He sent messengers before His face. And they went and entered into a village of the Samaritans to make ready for Him.

⁵³ But they did not receive Him, because His face was set as though He would go to Jerusalem.

⁵⁴ And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, wilt Thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did?”

⁵⁵ But He turned and rebuked them and said, “Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

⁵⁶ For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” And they went to another village.

⁵⁷ And it came to pass that, as they went along the way, a certain man said unto Him, “Lord, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest.”

⁵⁸ And Jesus said unto him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man hath nowhere to lay His head.”

⁵⁹ And He said unto another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.”

⁶⁰ Jesus said unto him, “Let the dead bury their dead, but go thou and preach the Kingdom of God.”

⁶¹ And another also said, “Lord, I will follow Thee, but let me first go bid those farewell who are at home at my house.”

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