Hi everyone. Welcome back to Logical Bible Study, where we have a go of doing an exegesis of scripture, going through verse by verse, helping you understand a little better what the text is saying.

Today we're going to look at Luke chapter 9 verses 57 to 62.

As Jesus and his disciples traveled along, they met a man on the road who said to him,

I will follow you wherever you go.

Jesus answered, foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the son of man

has nowhere to lay his head.

Another to whom he said, follow me, replied, let me go and bury my father first.

But Jesus answered, leave the dead to bury their dead.

Your duty is to go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.

Another said, I will follow you, sir, but first let me go and say goodbye to my people at home.

Jesus said to him,

once the hand is laid on the plow,

no one who looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.

Another interesting little passage here in Luke today.

Let's start by thinking about the context. So Jesus has just started moving towards Jerusalem.

So this is actually getting near to the end of Jesus' life, it would seem.

Although it's only about a third of the way through Luke's Gospel,

Luke actually spends most of his time talking about the trip to Jerusalem and the things that

happen on the way and then the things that happen in Jerusalem. So he doesn't spend as much

time on the Galilee ministry, which is the early chapters, as he does on the Jerusalem ministry,

which is the later chapters. So Luke has a whole lot of stuff in here in this latter part

of his gospel that the other gospel

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