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# I will follow you
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"I will join you as a disciple" or "I am ready to follow you"
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# first let me say goodbye to those in my home
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"before I do that, let me tell my people at my home that I am leaving"
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# No one ... fit for the kingdom of God
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Jesus responds with a proverb to teach the man about being his disciple. Jesus means that a person is not suitable for the kingdom to God if he focuses on people in his past instead of following Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-proverbs]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# No one who puts his hand to the plow
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Here "put his hand to" is an idiom that means the person started to do something. AT: "No one who has started to plow his field" or "No one who has started to prepare his field" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])
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# looks back
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A person who is looking back while plowing cannot guide the plow where it needs to go. They must focus on looking forward in order to plow well.
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# fit for the kingdom of God
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"useful for the kingdom of God" or "suitable for the kingdom of God"