KJV King James Version
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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Luke 9:62
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
WEB World English Bible
But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.”
ASV American Standard Version
But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Jesus said unto him, ‘No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.’
Surrounding context — Luke 9
59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
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Cross-references
Philippians 3:13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,Hebrews 10:38Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.2 Peter 2:20-22For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.Luke 17:31-32In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.James 1:6-8But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.Psalm 78:8-9And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.2 Timothy 4:10For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.Acts 15:37-38And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
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