Matthew 8:21

And another of his disciples said to him: My Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

20Jesus said to him, For foxes there are holes, and for the birds of heaven there are nests; but for the Son of man, there is not where he may recline his head.

22But Jesus said to him: Follow thou me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:29And every man that relinquisheth houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or wife or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

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.

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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