The Cost of Discipleship

(Matthew 8:18–22; Luke 14:25–33; John 6:59–66)

57 As they were walking along the road, someone said to [Jesus], “I will follow You wherever You go.”

58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air [have] nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay [His] head.”

59 Then He said to another [man], “Follow Me.”

[The man] replied, “Lord, first let me go [and] bury my father.”

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.”

62 Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts [his] hand to [the] plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”