Luke:9:51-62

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* Now when the time drew near for Him to be received up again into Heaven , He proceeded with fixed purpose towards Jerusalem , and sent messengers before Him . * They went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for Him . * But the people there would not receive Him , because He was evidently going to Jerusalem . * When the disciples James and John saw this , they said , »Master , do you wish us to order fire to come down from Heaven and consume them ?« * But He turned and rebuked them . * And they went to another village . * And , as they proceeded on their way , a man came to Him and said , »I will follow you wherever you go .« * »The foxes have holes ,« said Jesus , »and the birds of the air have nests ; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head .« * »Follow me ,« He said to another . »Master ,« the man replied , »allow me first to go and bury my father .« * »Leave the dead ,« Jesus rejoined , »to bury their own dead ; but you must go and announce far and wide the coming of the Kingdom of God .« * »Master ,« said yet another , »I will follow you ; but allow me first to go and say good-bye to my friends at home .« * Jesus answered him , »No one who has put his hand to the plough , and then looks behind him , is fit for the Kingdom of God .

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