Luke 9:59

And he said to another: Follow me. But he replied: Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

In Context

58And Jesus said to him: The foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have roosts, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.

60Jesus said: Let the dead bury their own dead; but do you go and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:19And he said to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Matthew 8:21And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.

Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any one determines to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Matthew Henry on Luke 9:58-62

Every Thing to Be Left for Christ. 57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 61 And another also… Read the whole commentary →

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