Luke 9:60
And Jesus said to him: Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou, and preach the kingdom of God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
59But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go, and to bury my father.
Cross References
John 21:15When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs.
2 Corinthians 5:16Wherefore henceforth, we know no man according to the flesh. And if we have known Christ according to the flesh; but now we know him so no longer.
Ephesians 2:5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ, (by whose grace you are saved,)
2 Timothy 2:3Labour as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 4:5But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober.
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 →