Bible Society of South Africa

Season after Pentecost: Third Sunday after Pentecost

Gospel

A Samaritan Village Refuses to Receive Jesus

51As the time drew near when Jesus would be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind and set out on his way to Jerusalem. 52He sent messengers ahead of him, who went into a village in Samaria to get everything ready for him. 53But the people there would not receive him, because it was clear that he was on his way to Jerusalem. 54When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?”

55Jesus turned and rebuked them. 56Then Jesus and his disciples went on to another village.

The Would-be Followers of Jesus

57As they went on their way, a man said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

58Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lie down and rest.”

59He said to another man, “Follow me.”

But that man said, “Sir, first let me go back and bury my father.”

60Jesus answered, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You go and proclaim the Kingdom of God.”

61Someone else said, “I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say goodbye to my family.”

62Jesus said to him, “Anyone who starts to plough and then keeps looking back is of no use to the Kingdom of God.”

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