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Luke 9:62

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60 But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

61 Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”

Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
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BSB
Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
KJV
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
WEB
But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”
ASV
But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
DARBY
But Jesus said to him, No one having laid his hand on [the] plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.
BLB
But Jesus said to him, “No one having laid the hand upon the plow and looking to the things behind is fit for the kingdom of God.”
ÅB
Men Jesus sa til ham: Ingen som legger sin hånd på plogen og ser seg tilbake, er skikket for Guds rike.
OTB
Jesus svarte: "Ingen som setter en hånd på plogen og ser seg tilbake, er skikket for tjeneste i Guds rike."
B1930
Men Jesus sa til ham: Ingen som legger sin hånd på plogen og ser sig tilbake, er skikket for Guds rike.

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Cross references

  • Philippians 3:13

    Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

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  • Hebrews 10:38

    But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

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  • 2 Peter 2:20–22

    If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

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  • Luke 17:31–32

    On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.

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  • James 1:6–8

    But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

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  • Psalms 78:8–9

    Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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  • 2 Timothy 4:10

    because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

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  • Acts 15:37–38

    Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.

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