Luke 9:60
Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the Kingdom of God.”
Family 35 New Testament
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
59Then He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.”
Cross References
John 21:15So, when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He says to Him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I'm fond of you.” He says to him, “Feed my lambs.”
2 Corinthians 5:16So then, from now on we regard no one from a fleshly perspective—even if we have ‘known’ Christ in this way, we do so no longer —
Ephesians 2:5even when we were dead in our transgressions—made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)
2 Timothy 2:3You therefore are to endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 4:5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your 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 →