"As they went on their way, a man said to HIM, 'I will follow YOU wherever YOU go.' JESUS said to him, 'Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay HIS head.'
To another, JESUS said, 'Follow ME!' But he answered, 'Let me go back now, for, first, I want to bury my father.' And JESUS said to him, 'Let the dead bury their dead; as for you, leave them, and proclaim the kingdom of GOD.'
Another said to HIM, 'I will follow you, LORD, but let me say goodbye to my family.' And JESUS said to him, 'Whoever has put his hand to the plow, and looks back, is not fit for the kingdom of GOD.'" - Luke 9:57-62
In contrast with JESUS' customary understanding attitude about human nature, here we see JESUS very demanding with the disciple who wants to follow HIM: JESUS cannot waste HIS time in forming those who are not ready to sacrifice everything for the sake of the Gospel. One does not follow JESUS in order to "obtain" freedom; JESUS must be followed in freedom.
Leave them and proclaim the kingdom of GOD. When a call from JESUS reaches you, it is the complete will of GOD for you in this precise moment. Leave there your excuses, your duties: perhaps these would be duties only in a world of the dead. GOD has provided that others, perhaps HIS angels, will see to them.)
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