Luke 9:59
But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go, and to bury my father.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 go thou, and preach the kingdom of God.
Cross References
1 Kings 19:20And he forthwith left the oxen and ran after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back: for that which was my part, I have done to thee.
Matthew 4:19And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.
Matthew 8:21And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will 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 →