Luke 9:59
Then he said to another, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
60And Jesus said to him: “Let the dead bury their dead. But you go and announce the kingdom of God.”
Cross References
1 Kings 19:20And immediately, leaving behind the oxen, he ran after Elijah. And he said, “I beg you to let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him: “Go, and turn back. For what was mine to do, I have done concerning you.”
Matthew 4:19And he said to them: “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Matthew 8:21Then 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 anyone is willing 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 →