Luke 9:58

And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath no where to lay his head.

The thing Luke was emphasizing in this incident and in the whole section through Luke 19:44 "is the fact that our Lord had deliberately chosen the way to Jerusalem and the cross."[15] Appropriate to that purpose was the inclusion here at the beginning of three prospective followers and the tests they failed (presumably). The first prospect evidently thought that following Jesus would be some kind of settled occupation which could reward him with salary and endowment; but Jesus quickly pointed out that he himself was itinerant, having been refused lodging in a Samaritan village, having literally nowhere to lay his head, and without any of the secular emoluments with which earthly leaders rewarded their followers. Significantly, no more was heard of prospect number one.