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Luke 9:58

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Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

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Luke 9:58 in other translations

And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Luke 9:58 · American Standard Version

Luke 9:58 in context

  1. 56For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”
    They went to another village.
  2. 57As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, “I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.”
  3. 58Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
  4. 59He said to another, “Follow me!”
    But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
  5. 60But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”