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18–22. FITNESS FOR DISCIPLESHIP
Luk 9:57-62.
St Luke names three instances, and places the scene of the incident in Samaria.
The instances are typical of the way in which Jesus deals with different characters. To one attracted by the promises of the Gospel and full of eagerness, Jesus presents the darker side—the difficulties of the Christian life; the half-hearted discipleship of the other is confronted with the necessity of absolute self-renunciation.