57 And, as they proceeded on their way, a man came to Him and said, »I will follow you wherever you go.«
58 »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.«
59 »Follow me,« He said to another. »Master,« the man replied, »allow me first to go and bury my father.«
60 »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.«
61 »Master,« said yet another, »I will follow you; but allow me first to go and say good-bye to my friends at home.«
62 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.