La vida de Jesús
Demanding Requirements to Follow Jesus
On the way, Jesus meets three men who want to follow him. To the first one who promises to follow him everywhere, Jesus says that the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. He calls the second himself, but the man wants first to bury his father; Jesus answers that the dead should bury their own dead and sends him out to proclaim the kingdom of God. The third wants first to say farewell to his family, but Jesus says that no one who looks back after putting a hand on the plow is fit for the kingdom of God.
Lucas 9,57-62
57As they were walking along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
⸀Καὶ πορευομένων αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶπέν τις πρὸς αὐτόν· Ἀκολουθήσω σοι ὅπου ⸀ἐὰν ⸀ἀπέρχῃ.
58Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Αἱ ἀλώπεκες φωλεοὺς ἔχουσιν καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκηνώσεις, ὁ δὲ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἔχει ποῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν κλίνῃ.
59He said to another, "Follow me." But the man replied, "Lord, let me go and bury my father first."
εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς ἕτερον· Ἀκολούθει μοι. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ⸀Κύριε, ἐπίτρεψόν μοι ⸂ἀπελθόντι πρῶτον⸃ θάψαι τὸν πατέρα μου.
60Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead. You go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
εἶπεν δὲ ⸀αὐτῷ· Ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς, σὺ δὲ ἀπελθὼν διάγγελλε τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.
61Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to those at my home."
εἶπεν δὲ καὶ ἕτερος· Ἀκολουθήσω σοι, κύριε· πρῶτον δὲ ἐπίτρεψόν μοι ἀποτάξασθαι τοῖς εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου.
62Jesus said, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."
εἶπεν δὲ ⸂ὁ Ἰησοῦς⸃· Οὐδεὶς ἐπιβαλὼν τὴν ⸀χεῖρα ἐπʼ ἄροτρον καὶ βλέπων εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω εὔθετός ἐστιν ⸂τῇ βασιλείᾳ⸃ τοῦ θεοῦ.