Matthew 8:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²² But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² But Jesus said to him, Follow Me, and leave the dead [in sin] to bury their own dead.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

Common English Bible

²² But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and allow the dead to bury their dead."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 8:22 Cross References

1 Kings 19:20

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?

Matthew 8:21

And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Matthew 9:9

And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

Mark 2:14

And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the place of toll, and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

Luke 15:24

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Luke 15:32

But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Luke 9:59

And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Luke 9:60

But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

John 1:43

On the morrow he was minded to go forth into Galilee, and he findeth Philip: and Jesus saith unto him, Follow me.

John 21:19

Now this he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

John 21:22

Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.

Ephesians 2:1

And you did he quicken, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

Ephesians 2:5

even when we were dead through our trespasses, quickened us together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),

Ephesians 5:14

Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

Colossians 2:13

And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, I say, did he quicken together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;

1 Timothy 5:6

But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.