Matthew 8:21
19 And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
23 When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- KJV
- And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
- WEB
- Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
- ASV
- And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
- DARBY
- But another of his disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me first to go away and bury my father.
- BLB
- And another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, allow me first to go away and to bury my father.”
- ÅB
- Men en annen, en av disiplene hans, sa til ham: «Herre! gi meg først lov til å gå bort og begrave min far!»
- OTB
- En annen disippel sa til Ham, “Herre, la meg først gå og begrave min far.”
- B1930
- Men en annen, en av hans disipler, sa til ham: Herre! gi mig først lov til å gå bort og begrave min far!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 9:59–62
Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
Read in contextMatthew 19:29
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
Read in contextLeviticus 21:11–12
He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
Read in contextNumbers 6:6–7
Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.
Read in context1 Kings 19:20–21
So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
Read in contextHaggai 1:2
that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:9–10
He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:16
So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
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