Luke 9:60

Jeshu said to him, Leave the dead burying their dead; and thou, go and preach the kingdom of Aloha.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

59And he said to another, Come after me. But he said to him, My Lord, permit me first to go bury my father.

61And another said to him, I will come after thee, my Lord, but first permit me to go to salute the sons of my house, and I will come.

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Cross References

John 21:15WHEN they had dined, Jeshu said to Shemun Kipha, Shemun bar Jona, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, my Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. Jeshu saith to him, Feed my lambs.

2 Corinthians 5:16And henceforth we no man know according to the flesh; and if we have known the Meshiha according to the flesh, yet from now we know not.

Ephesians 2:5while we were dead in our sins, made us alive with the Meshiha, and through his grace delivered us,

2 Timothy 2:3And endure evils as a good soldier of Jeshu Meshiha.

2 Timothy 4:5But watch thou in every thing, and endure evils, and work the work of an evangelist, and thy ministry fulfil.

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 →

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