Matthew 8:22
But Jesus said to him, (Pur)Sue thou me, and let the dead men bury their dead men, (or Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead).
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 9:9And when Jesus passed from thence, he saw a man, Matthew by name, sitting in a tollbooth. And he said to him, (Pur)Sue thou me (or Follow me). And he rose, and followed him.
John 1:43And on the morrow he would go out into Galilee, and he found Philip; and he saith to him, (Pur)Sue thou me, (or and Jesus said to him, Follow me).
Ephesians 2:5yea, when we were dead in (our) sins, quickened us together in Christ (or made us alive together with the Messiah), by whose grace ye be saved,
Colossians 2:13And when ye were dead in your guilts, and in the prepuce of your flesh, he quickened together you with him; forgiving to you all guilts [or all (your) trespasses], (And when ye were dead in your trespasses, and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, or with your flesh uncircumcised, he enlivened you with Him; forgiving all of your trespasses,)
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 →