(57) And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (58) And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. (59) And he said unto another, Follow me, but he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. (60) Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. (61) And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell which are at home at my house. (62) And Jesus said unto him, No man having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
We have similar observations in Matthew 8:19, etc. But there we read Christ was in Capernaum; and here he is on his way to Jerusalem. Moreover that conversation which Jesus had, as Matthew relates it, was with a scribe soon after his descent from the mountain: but here our Lord had taken his farewell of Galilee, no more to return thither. However, the words are the same, and the observations arising from them the same.