Matthew 8:21

And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

In Context

20And Jesus says to him: The foxes have holes and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

22But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:29And every one who forsook houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive manifold more, and shall inherit everlasting life.

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.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 8:19-23

Christ's Answer to a Scribe and Another. 18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. 19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me;… Read the whole commentary →

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