Luke 9:60

And Jesus said to him: Allow the dead to bury their dead; and go thou and proclaim the kingdom of God.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 thou after me. And he said to him: My Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.

61Another said to him: I will follow thee, my Lord; but allow me first to bid adieu to my household, and I will come.

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Cross References

John 21:15And when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Cephas: Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me, more than these do? He said to him: Yes, my Lord: thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him: Feed my lambs for me.

2 Corinthians 5:16And therefore, we know no person after the flesh: and if we have known the Messiah after the flesh, yet henceforth we know him no more.

Ephesians 2:5when we were dead in our sins, quickened us with the Messiah, and rescued us by his grace;

2 Timothy 2:3And endure evils, as a good soldier of Jesus the Messiah.

2 Timothy 4:5But be thou vigilant in all things; and endure evils, and do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill thy 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 →

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