Luke 9:60
Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. But yoʋ go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
Text-Critical English NT
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
61Still another said, “I will follow yoʋ, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.”
Cross References
John 21:15When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do yoʋ love me more than these?” Peter said to him, “Yes, Lord, yoʋ know that I care for yoʋ.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
2 Corinthians 5:16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, we no longer know him in that way.
Ephesians 2:5made us alive together with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses—by grace you have been saved.
2 Timothy 2:3Endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 4:5But as for yoʋ, be sober-minded in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill yoʋr 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 →