Luke 9:58 (WEB)
Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
Catechism · 1
“Jesus shares the life of the poor, from the cradle to the cross; he experiences hunger, thirst and privation.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 21:18; Mk 2:23-26; Jn 4:6 1; 19:28; Lk 9:58.
Fathers and councils · 32
Irenaeus of Lyons
“And they teach that He pointed out the three kinds of men as follows: the material, when He said to him that asked Him, “Shall I follow Thee?”” — editor's note: Luke ix. 57, 58.
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Jerome
“Luke ix. 58.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
Chapter LXII.—Of the Harmony Subsisting Between Matthew and Mark in the Accounts Which They Offer of the Time When He Was Asked Whether It Was Lawful to Put Away One’s Wife, and Especially in Regard to the Specific…
Read the whole comment“For this Master of humility both by word and example, sat down even in the house of a certain proud Pharisee, by name Simon; and though He sat down in his house, there was no place in this heart, “where the Son of Man could lay His Head.”” — editor's note: Luke ix. 58.
Read the whole comment““Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man hath not where to lay His Head.”” — editor's note: Luke ix. 58.
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John Chrysostom
“How then saith He in another place, “But the Son of Man hath not where to lay His head” ( Luke ix. 58 ), while here He saith, “Come and see” ( v. 39 ) where I abide?” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““The foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay His head.” ( Luke ix. 58.)” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“That Lord walked in humility and obscurity, with no definite home: for “the Son of man,” said He, “hath not where to lay His head;” unadorned in dress, for else He had not said, “Behold, they who are clad in soft raiment are in kings’ houses:” in short, inglorious in countenance and aspect,…” — editor's note: Luke ix. 58; Matt. viii. 20.
Read the whole comment“Well, but why does this most humane and merciful God reject the man who offers himself to Him as an inseparable companion?” — editor's note: Luke ix. 57, 58.
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Clement of Alexandria
“This, I think, is signified by the utterance of the Saviour, “The foxes have holes, but the Son of man hath not where to lay His head.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 20; Luke ix. 58.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Although the Almighty Lord is bountiful, He does not grant to every one absolutely and indiscriminately heavenly and divine gifts, but to those only who are worthy to receive them, who free themselves and their souls…
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He dared also to match himself with the incomprehensible power of the Saviour, saying, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest; for to follow the Saviour simply to hear His teaching is possible to human nature,…
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In another respect also our Lord deservedly gives him a refusal, for He taught that to follow the Lord, a man must take up his cross, and renounce the affection of this present life. And our Lord finding this lacking…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
For having seen our Lord drawing much people to Him, he thought that he received reward from them, and that if he followed our Lord, he might obtain money.
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Therefore it is said to him, Why do you seek to follow Me for the riches and gain of this world, when so great is My poverty that I have not even a place of rest, and take shelter under another man’s roof.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
See how our Lord sets forth by his works the poverty which he taught. For him was no table spread, no lights, no house, nor any such thing.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Now under a mystical signification He applies the name of foxes and birds of the air to the wicked and crafty powers of evil spirits. As if He said, Since foxes and birds of the air have their abode in thee, how…
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Or herein our Lord teaches the greatness of His gift, as if He said, All created things may be confined by place, but the Word of God has incomprehensible power. Say not then, I will follow thee whithersoever thou…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Or, He compares foxes to heretics, because they are indeed a wily animal, and, ever intent upon fraud, commit their robberies by stealth. They let nothing be safe, nothing be at rest, nothing secure, for they hunt…
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He did not refuse the discipleship, but his wish was, having fulfilled the filial duty of burying his father, to follow Christ more freely.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
But the Lord calls those upon whom He has compassion. Hence it follows, And Jesus said, Let the dead bury their dead. Since we have received as a religious duty the burial of the human body, how is it thus that the…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
But what more necessary than the burial of his father, what more easy, seeing that there would not be much time given to it? We are then hereby taught that it becomes us not to spend even the slightest portion of our…
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The performance of a father’s burial is not then prohibited, but the observance of religious duty is preferred to the ties of relationship. The one is left to those in like condition, the other is commanded to those…
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By thus saying, their dead, he shews that this man’s father was not his dead, for I suppose that the deceased was of the number of the unbelieving.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Or because the throat of the ungodly is an open sepulchre, their memory is ordered to be forgotten whose services die together with their bodies. Nor is the son recalled from his duty to his father, but the faithful…
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Or else, his father was borne down with years, and he thought he was doing an honourable act in proposing to pay the kind offices which were due to him, according to Exodus, Honour thy father and thy mother. (Exod.…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
Our Lord spoke this to the man to whom He had said, Follow me. But another disciple put himself forward, to whom no one had spoken any thing, saying, I will follow thee, O Lord; but let me first go and bid them…
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Now this promise is worthy of our admiration and full of all praise, but to bid farewell to those who are at home, to get leave from them, shews that he was still somehow divided from the Lord, in that he had not yet…
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As if he said to him, The East calls thee, and thou turnest to the West.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
: To put one’s hand to the plough, is also, (as it were by a certain sharp instrument,) by the wood and iron of our Lord’s passion, to wear away the hardness of our heart, and to open it to bring forth the fruits of…
Read the whole comment - A Greek expositorCatena Aurea on Luke
For the frequent looking upon the things which we have forsaken, through the force of habit draws us back to our past way of life. For practice has great power to retain to itself. Is not habit generated of use, and…
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But if the disciple about to follow our Lord is reproved for wishing even to bid farewell at home, what will be done to such as for no advantage-sake frequently visit the houses of those whom they have left in the world?
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together with
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 9:57–62 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 9:57–62 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 9:57–62 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 9:57–62 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 9:57–62 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.3.
Parallel passages
Matthew 8:20 and Luke 9:58 share the same wording (24 words).