Luke 9:60
But Yeshua said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”
World Messianic Bible
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
59He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
Cross References
John 21:15So when they had eaten their breakfast, Yeshua said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
2 Corinthians 5:16Therefore we know no one according to the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Messiah according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
Ephesians 2:5even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Messiah—by grace you have been saved—
2 Timothy 2:3You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Messiah Yeshua.
2 Timothy 4:5But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and 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 →