59. And to another he said, “Follow me.” But he replied, “[Lord,] let me go first and bury my father.”
60. But he answered him, “Let the dead bury their dead. But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
61. And another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home.”
62. [To him] Jesus said, “No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God.”