Matthew 8:21

Then another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

Text-Critical English NT

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

20Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to 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 everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for my name's sake, will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.

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.

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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