Spreading the Holy Gospel

⁵⁷Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, "Lord, I will follow You wherever You go." ⁵⁸And 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." ⁵⁹Then He said to another, "Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." ⁶⁰Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God." ⁶¹And another also said, "Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house." ⁶²But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

^٥٧ وَفِيمَا هُمْ سَائِرُونَ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ قَالَ لَهُ وَاحِدٌ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، أَتْبَعُكَ أَيْنَمَا تَمْضِي». ^٥٨فَقَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «لِلثَّعَالِبِ أَوْجِرَةٌ، وَلِطُيُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَوْكَارٌ، وَأَمَّا ٱبْنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَيْنَ يُسْنِدُ رَأْسَهُ». ^٥٩وَقَالَ لِآخَرَ: «ٱتْبَعْنِي». فَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، ٱئْذَنْ لِي أَنْ أَمْضِيَ أَوَّلًا وَأَدْفِنَ أَبِي». ^٦٠فَقَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «دَعِ ٱلْمَوْتَى يَدْفِنُونَ مَوْتَاهُمْ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَٱذْهَبْ وَنَادِ بِمَلَكُوتِ ٱللهِ». ^٦١وَقَالَ آخَرُ أَيْضًا: «أَتْبَعُكَ يَا سَيِّدُ، وَلَكِنِ ٱئْذَنْ لِي أَوَّلًا أَنْ أُوَدِّعَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي بَيْتِي». ^٦٢فَقَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى ٱلْمِحْرَاثِ وَيَنْظُرُ إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ يَصْلُحُ لِمَلَكُوتِ ٱللهِ».