Luke 9:58
Good News Translation
Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest."

New Revised Standard Version
And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus said, "Foxes have dens, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man doesn't have a place to call his own."

New American Bible
Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus said to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests: but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jesus said to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests: but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Jesus.

Luke 14:26-33 If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. . . .

Luke 18:22,23 Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee. Sell all whatever thou hast and give to the poor: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me. . . .

Joshua 24:19-22 And Joshua said to the people: You will not be able to serve the Lord: for he is a holy God, and mighty and jealous, and will not forgive your wickedness and sins. . . .

John 6:60-66 Many therefore of his disciples, hearing it, said: This saying is hard; and who can hear it? . . .

Foxes.

Psalm 84:3 For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that being rich he became poor for your sakes: that through his poverty you might be rich.

James 2:5 Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

Context
The Cost of Discipleship
57And it came to pass, as they walked in the way, that a certain man said to him: I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58Jesus said to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests: but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go and to bury my father.…
Cross References
Matthew 8:20
And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Matthew 13:32
Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown up, it is greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the branches thereof.

Luke 9:57
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