Luke 9:62
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.””
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“Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 9:62 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
- Luke 17:31On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
- Acts 15:37Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.
- Philippians 3:13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
- 2 Timothy 4:10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
- Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
- James 1:6But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
- 2 Peter 2:20If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
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