Bible Reading for April 14 and 15
World English Bible
Apr.
14
Numbers
19, 20
Num
19:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num
19:2 This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded,
saying, Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red
heifer without spot, in which is no blemish, and
on which never came yoke.
Num
19:3 You shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring
her forth outside of the camp, and one shall kill her before his
face:
Num
19:4 and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger,
and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven
times.
Num
19:5 One shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her
flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
Num
19:6 and the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet,
and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Num
19:7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his
flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the
priest shall be unclean until the even.
Num
19:8 He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his
flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
Num
19:9 A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and
lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place; and it shall be
kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water for
impurity: it is a sin offering.
Num
19:10 He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes,
and be unclean until the even: and it shall be to the children of
Israel, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them, for
a statute forever.
Num
19:11 He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven
days:
Num
19:12 the same shall purify himself with water on the third day, and
on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he doesn't purify
himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
Num
19:13 Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died,
and doesn't purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of Yahweh; and
that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for
impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his
uncleanness is yet on him.
Num
19:14 This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes
into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be unclean
seven days.
Num
19:15 Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is
unclean.
Num
19:16 Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a
sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be
unclean seven days.
Num
19:17 For the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of
the sin offering; and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
Num
19:18 and a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water,
and sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the
persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the
slain, or the dead, or the grave:
Num
19:19 and the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the
third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall
purify him; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
water, and shall be clean at even.
Num
19:20 But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify
himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly,
because he has defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh: the water for
impurity has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
Num
19:21 It shall be a perpetual statute to them: and he who sprinkles
the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the
water for impurity shall be unclean until even.
Num
19:22 Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the
soul that touches it shall be unclean until evening.
Num
20:1 The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into
the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in
Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
Num
20:2 There was no water for the congregation: and they assembled
themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
Num
20:3 The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we
had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
Num
20:4 Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this
wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?
Num
20:5 Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to
this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or
of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
Num
20:6 Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the
door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces: and the glory
of Yahweh appeared to them.
Num
20:7 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Num
20:8 Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron
your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it give
forth its water; and you shall bring forth to them water out of the
rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink.
Num
20:9 Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him.
Num
20:10 Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the
rock, and he said to them, Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring you
water out of this rock for you?
Num
20:11 Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod
twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank,
and their livestock.
Num
20:12 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, Because you didn't believe in
me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore
you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given
them.
Num
20:13 These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of
Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.
Num
20:14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus
says your brother Israel, You know all the travail that has happened
to us:
Num
20:15 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a
long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:
Num
20:16 and when we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, and sent an
angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and behold, we are in
Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border.
Num
20:17 Please let us pass through your land: we will not pass through
field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the
wells: we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to
the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.
Num
20:18 Edom said to him, You shall not pass through me, lest I come
out with the sword against you.
Num
20:19 The children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the
highway; and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then will
I give its price: let me only, without doing
anything else,
pass through on my feet.
Num
20:20 He said, You shall not pass through. Edom came out against him
with much people, and with a strong hand.
Num
20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border,
so Israel turned away from him.
Num
20:22 They traveled from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even
the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.
Num
20:23 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of
the land of Edom, saying,
Num
20:24 Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter
into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because
you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
Num
20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount
Hor;
Num
20:26 and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his
son: and Aaron shall be gathered to his
people, and shall die there.
Num
20:27 Moses did as Yahweh commanded: and they went up into Mount Hor
in the sight of all the congregation.
Num
20:28 Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar
his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain: and Moses
and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
Num
20:29 When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept
for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
Apr.
15
Numbers
21, 22
Num
21:1 The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard
tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against
Israel, and took some of them captive.
Num
21:2 Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed
deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their
cities.
Num
21:3 Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the
Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and the
name of the place was called Hormah.
Num
21:4 They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to
compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much
discouraged because of the way.
Num
21:5 The people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you
brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no
bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
Num
21:6 Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the
people; and much people of Israel died.
Num
21:7 The people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we
have spoken against Yahweh, and against you; pray to Yahweh, that he
take away the serpents from us. Moses prayed for the people.
Num
21:8 Yahweh said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a
standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he
sees it, shall live.
Num
21:9 Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the standard: and
it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to
the serpent of brass, he lived.
Num
21:10 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in Oboth.
Num
21:11 They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the
wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.
Num
21:12 From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
Num
21:13 From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of
the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that comes out of the border
of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab
and the Amorites.
Num
21:14 Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Yahweh, "Vaheb
in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon,
Num
21:15 the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of
Ar, leans on the border of Moab."
Num
21:16 From there they traveled to Beer: that is the well of which
Yahweh said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give
them water.
Num
21:17 Then sang Israel this song: "Spring up, well; sing to it:
Num
21:18 the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the
people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles." From the
wilderness they traveled
to Mattanah;
Num
21:19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
Num
21:20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to
the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.
Num
21:21 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Num
21:22 Let me pass through your land: we will not turn aside into
field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells:
we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed your border.
Num
21:23 Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border: but
Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel
into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel.
Num
21:24 Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed
his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon;
for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
Num
21:25 Israel took all these cities: and Israel lived in all the
cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its towns.
Num
21:26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites,
who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his
land out of his hand, even to the Arnon.
Num
21:27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to
Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;
Num
21:28 for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of
Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of
the Arnon.
Num
21:29 Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has
given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to
Sihon king of the Amorites.
Num
21:30 We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We
have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba."
Num
21:31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
Num
21:32 Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its towns, and
drove out the Amorites who were there.
Num
21:33 They turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king
of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at
Edrei.
Num
21:34 Yahweh said to Moses, Don't fear him: for I have delivered him
into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to
him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.
Num
21:35 So they struck him, and his sons and all his people, until
there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land.
Num
22:1 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of
Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
Num
22:2 Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the
Amorites.
Num
22:3 Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and
Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
Num
22:4 Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick
up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.
Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
Num
22:5 He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which
is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call
him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold,
they cover the surface of the earth, and they abide over against me.
Num
22:6 Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are
too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may strike
them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he
whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.
Num
22:7 The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the
rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and
spoke to him the words of Balak.
Num
22:8 He said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you
word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me: and the princes of Moab
abode with Balaam.
Num
22:9 God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you?
Num
22:10 Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has
sent to me, saying,
Num
22:11 Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers the
surface of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall
be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.
Num
22:12 God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not
curse the people; for they are blessed.
Num
22:13 Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of
Balak, Go to your land; for Yahweh refuses to permit me to go with
you.
Num
22:14 The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said,
Balaam refuses to come with us.
Num
22:15 Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than
they.
Num
22:16 They came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son
of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me:
Num
22:17 for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you
say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for
me.
Num
22:18 Balaam answered the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me
his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of
Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
Num
22:19 Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may
know what Yahweh will speak to me more.
Num
22:20 God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men have
come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I
speak to you, that you shall do.
Num
22:21 Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and
went with the princes of Moab.
Num
22:22 God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of
Yahweh placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he
was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
Num
22:23 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with
his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned aside out of the
way, and went into the field: and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn
her into the way.
Num
22:24 Then the angel of Yahweh stood in a narrow path between the
vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
Num
22:25 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she thrust herself to
the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he struck
her again.
Num
22:26 The angel of Yahweh went further, and stood in a narrow place,
where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the
left.
Num
22:27 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she lay down under
Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with
his staff.
Num
22:28 Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam,
What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?
Num
22:29 Balaam said to the donkey, Because you have mocked me, I would
there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed you.
Num
22:30 The donkey said to Balaam, Am I not your donkey, on which you
have ridden all your life long to this day? was I ever wont to do so
to you? and he said, No.
Num
22:31 Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of
Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he
bowed his head, and fell on his face.
Num
22:32 The angel of Yahweh said to him, Why have you struck your
donkey these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary,
because your way is perverse before me:
Num
22:33 and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three
times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even
slain you, and saved her alive.
Num
22:34 Balaam said to the angel of Yahweh, I have sinned; for I
didn't know that you stood in the way against me: now therefore, if
it displease you, I will get me back again.
Num
22:35 The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, Go with the men; but only
the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam
went with the princes of Balak.
Num
22:36 When Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him
to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in
the utmost part of the border.
Num
22:37 Balak said to Balaam, Didn't I earnestly send to you to call
you? why didn't you come to me? am I not able indeed to promote you
to honor?
Num
22:38 Balaam said to Balak, Behold, I have come to you: have I now
any power at all to speak anything? the word that God puts in my
mouth, that shall I speak.
Num
22:39 Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.
Num
22:40 Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to
the princes who were with him.
Num
22:41 It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and
brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there
the utmost part of the people.
Apr.
14, 15
Luke 9
Luk 9:1
He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority
over all demons, and to cure diseases.
Luk 9:2
He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the
sick.
Luk 9:3
He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey-neither staffs,
nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.
Luk 9:4
Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.
Luk 9:5
As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake
off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."
Luk 9:6
They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good
News, and healing everywhere.
Luk 9:7
Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was
very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from
the dead,
Luk 9:8
and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the
old prophets had risen again.
Luk 9:9
Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I
hear such things?" He sought to see him.
Luk
9:10 The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they
had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted place of a
city called Bethsaida.
Luk
9:11 But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed
them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who
needed healing.
Luk
9:12 The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to
him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the
surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are
here in a deserted place."
Luk
9:13 But he said to them, "You give them something to eat."
They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish,
unless we should go and buy food for all these people."
Luk
9:14 For they were about five thousand men. He said to his
disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
Luk
9:15 They did so, and made them all sit down.
Luk
9:16 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the
sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples
to set before the multitude.
Luk
9:17 They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets
of broken pieces that were left over.
Luk
9:18 It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were
with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I
am?"
Luk
9:19 They answered, " 'John the Baptizer,' but others say,
'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."
Luk
9:20 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
Luk
9:21 But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,
Luk
9:22 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be
rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed,
and the third day be raised up."
Luk
9:23 He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let
him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Luk
9:24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever
will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.
Luk
9:25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and
loses or forfeits his own self?
Luk
9:26 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will
the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory
of the Father, and of the holy angels.
Luk
9:27 But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand
here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom
of God."
Luk
9:28 It happened about eight days after these sayings, that he took
with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to
pray.
Luk
9:29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and
his clothing became white and dazzling.
Luk
9:30 Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and
Elijah,
Luk
9:31 who appeared in glory, and spoke of his departure, which he was
about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Luk
9:32 Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep,
but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men
who stood with him.
Luk
9:33 It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to
Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three
tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not
knowing what he said.
Luk
9:34 While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them,
and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.
Luk
9:35 A voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved
Son. Listen to him!"
Luk
9:36 When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent,
and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.
Luk
9:37 It happened on the next day, when they had come down from the
mountain, that a great multitude met him.
Luk
9:38 Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher,
I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.
Luk
9:39 Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it
convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him,
bruising him severely.
Luk
9:40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn't."
Luk
9:41 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how
long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."
Luk
9:42 While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and
convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and
healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
Luk
9:43 They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all
were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his
disciples,
Luk
9:44 "Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man
will be delivered up into the hands of men."
Luk
9:45 But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from
them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask
him about this saying.
Luk
9:46 There arose an argument among them about which of them was the
greatest.
Luk
9:47 Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little
child, and set him by his side,
Luk
9:48 and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in
my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."
Luk
9:49 John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons
in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow with us."
Luk
9:50 Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not
against us is for us."
Luk
9:51 It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be
taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,
Luk
9:52 and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered
into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
Luk
9:53 They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face
set towards Jerusalem.
Luk
9:54 When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord,
do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy
them, just as Elijah did?"
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9:55 But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what
kind of spirit you are.
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9:56 For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives, but to
save them." They went to another village.
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9:57 As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I
want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."
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9:58 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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9:59 He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord,
allow me first to go and bury my father."
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9:60 But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own
dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."
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9:61 Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first
allow me to bid farewell to those who are at my house."
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9:62 But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the
plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."
