Matthew 8:21
And another of his disciples saide vnto him, Master, suffer me first to goe, and burie my father.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
22But Iesus said vnto him, Followe me, and let the dead burie their dead.
Cross References
Numbers 6:6During the time that he separateth himselfe vnto the Lord, he shall come at no dead body:
1 Kings 19:20And he left the oxen, and ran after Eliiah, and sayde, Let mee, I pray thee, kisse my father and my mother, and then I wil follow thee. Who answered him, Go, returne: for what haue I done to thee?
Matthew 19:29And whosoeuer shall forsake houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Names sake, he shall receiue an hundreth folde more, and shall inherite euerlasting life.
2 Corinthians 5:16Wherefore, henceforth know we no man after the flesh, yea though wee had knowen Christ after the flesh, yet nowe henceforth know we him no more.
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 →