Matthew 8:21

Good News Translation

Another man, who was a disciple, said, “Sir, first let me go back and bury my father.”

Cross References

Haggai 1:2

The Lord Almighty said to Haggai, “These people say that this is not the right time to rebuild the Temple.”

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake, will receive a hundred times more and will be given eternal life.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus answered him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest.”

Matthew 8:22

“Follow me,” Jesus answered, “and let the dead bury their own dead.”

2 Corinthians 5:16

No longer, then, do we judge anyone by human standards. Even if at one time we judged Christ according to human standards, we no longer do so.