Luke 9:60
Jesus said: Let the dead bury their own dead; but do you go and publish abroad the kingdom of God.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
In Context
59And he said to another: Follow me. But he replied: Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.
61And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but first permit me to take leave of those at home.
Cross References
John 21:15When, therefore, they had taken breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter: Simon, son of Jonah, Do you love me more than these? He said to him: Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my lambs.
2 Corinthians 5:16So, then, we henceforth know no man according to the flesh; if, indeed, we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we no longer thus know him.
Ephesians 2:5made alive with Christ even us, being dead to our offenses, (by grace you are saved,)
2 Timothy 2:3Do you, therefore, suffer evil, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 4:5But do you be watchful in all things, endure evil, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.?
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 →