Luke 9:59
He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
World English Bible
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 19:20Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”
Matthew 4:19He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”
Matthew 8:21Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, 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 →