Luke 9:59
And He said to another, “Follow Me”; and he said, “Lord, permit me, having gone away, to first bury my father”;
Literal Standard Version
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
Cross References
1 Kings 19:20and he forsakes the ox, and runs after Elijah, and says, “Please let me give a kiss to my father and to my mother, and I go after you.” And he says to him, “Go, turn back, for what have I done to you?”
Matthew 4:19and He says to them, “Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men,”
Matthew 8:21And another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, permit me first to depart and to bury my father”;
Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wills to come after Me, let him disown 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 →