Luke 9:58
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Luke 9 · Words of Christ are set in red.
3 songs meet this passage
“I'm a hard case that's tough to beat”
Paradise City · Guns N' Roses
resonates with Luke 9:58
The urchin with nowhere to belong mirrors the ache of having no place to lay one's head, a picture of displacement and need.
Like a Rolling Stone · Bob Dylan
resonates with Luke 9:58
Homelessness and having nowhere to lay one's head becomes, oddly, a place of unexpected clarity, echoing how Jesus himself had no earthly security.
“Rests his head on a pillow made of concrete”
Even Flow · Pearl Jam
resonates with Luke 9:58
Jesus himself had 'nowhere to lay his head'; the image of concrete as a pillow echoes the plight of the homeless and destitute he identified with.