Would-Be Followers of Jesus

57 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow yoʋ wherever yoʋ [fn]go, Lord.” 58 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 59 Then Jesus said to another man, “Follow me.” But the man said, “[fn]Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. But yoʋ go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 61 Still another said, “I will follow yoʋ, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.” 62 But Jesus said [fn]to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”