Luke 9:60
And he said to him: Let the dead bury their own dead; but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 said: Lord permit me first to go and bury my father.
Cross References
John 21:15When therefore they had broken their fast, Jesus says to Simon Peter: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him: Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him: Feed my lambs.
2 Corinthians 5:16So that we henceforth know no one according to the flesh; and if also we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we no longer know him.
Ephesians 2:5even when we were dead in sins, alive with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,)
2 Timothy 2:3Endure hardship with me, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 4:5But be thou watchful in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fully accomplish thy 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 →