Luke 9:60
Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go you and preach the kingdom of God.
Updated King James Version
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 unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Cross References
John 21:15So when they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, love you me more than these? He says unto him, Yea, Lord; you know that I love you. He says unto him, Feed my lambs.
2 Corinthians 5:16Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
Ephesians 2:5Even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, (by grace all of you are saved;)
2 Timothy 2:3You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 4:5But watch you in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of your 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 →