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55 But He turned and rebuked them,1 and said, “You do not know what manner of aspirit you are of.  
56 For athe Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went to another village.  

The Cost of Discipleship

57 aNow it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.”  
58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man ahas nowhere to lay His head.”  
59 aThen He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Luke 9:57

A certain man - He was a scribe. See on Matthew 8:19-22 (note). It is probable that this took place when Christ was at Capernaum, as Matthew represents it, and not on the way to Jerusalem through Samaria.




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