Matthew 8:21

And another from his disciples said to him, My Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.

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

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

20Jeshu saith to him, The foxes have their dens, and the fowls of heaven a bower, but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

22But Jeshu said to him Come after me, and leave the dead ones burying their dead.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:29And every man who hath relinquished houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, on account of my name, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall inherit the life of eternity,

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.

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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