Matthew 8:21

Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father,"

Montgomery New Testament

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

20"Foxes have their holes," answered Jesus, "and wild birds their roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head."

22"Follow me," Jesus said to him, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

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Cross References

Matthew 19:29"And every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my sake, shall many times as much, and fall heir to eternal life.

2 Corinthians 5:16Therefore henceforth I know no one simply as a man - even if I have known Christ as a man, yet now I do so no longer.

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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