Matthew 8:21

Another of the disciples said to Him, "Sir, allow me first to go and bury my father."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 holes," replied Jesus, "and birds have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."

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

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Cross References

Matthew 19:29And whoever has forsaken houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children or lands, for my sake, shall receive many times as much and shall have as his inheritance the Life of the Ages.

2 Corinthians 5:16Therefore for the future we know no one simply as a man. Even if we have known Christ as a man, yet now we 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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