Matthew 8:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Another of Jesus’ followers said to him, “Lord, I will follow you too, but let me go and bury my father first.”

Cross References

Matthew 19:29

Everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or farms to follow me will get much more than they left. And they will have eternal life.

Haggai 1:2

This is what the Lord All-Powerful said, “The people say it is not yet the right time to build the Lord’s Temple.”

2 Corinthians 5:16

From this time on we don’t think of anyone as the world thinks of people. It is true that in the past we thought of Christ as the world thinks. But we don’t think that way now.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes to live in. The birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to rest.”

Matthew 8:22

But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let those who are dead bury their own dead.”