Gospel
text (Luke 9,51-62): As
the time drew near when Jesus would be taken up to heaven, He made up his mind
to go to Jerusalem. He had sent ahead of him some messengers who entered a
Samaritan village to prepare a lodging for him. But the people would not
receive him because he was on his way to Jerusalem. Seeing this, James and
John, his disciples said, «Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven
to reduce them to ashes?». Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they went on to
another village.
As they went on their way, a man said to him, «I will follow you wherever you go». Jesus said to him, «Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head». To another Jesus said, «Follow me». But he answered, «Let me go back now, for first I want to bury my father». And Jesus said to him, «Let the dead bury their dead; as for you, leave them and proclaim the kingdom of God». Another said to him, «I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family». And Jesus said to him, «Whoever has put his hand to the plow and looks back is not fit for the kingdom of God».
As they went on their way, a man said to him, «I will follow you wherever you go». Jesus said to him, «Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head». To another Jesus said, «Follow me». But he answered, «Let me go back now, for first I want to bury my father». And Jesus said to him, «Let the dead bury their dead; as for you, leave them and proclaim the kingdom of God». Another said to him, «I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family». And Jesus said to him, «Whoever has put his hand to the plow and looks back is not fit for the kingdom of God».
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