Luke 9:59

Modern English Version

He said to another man, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

Cross References

1 Kings 19:20

He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back, for what have I done to you?”

Haggai 1:2

Thus says the Lord of Hosts: These people say, The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s station. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” And he rose and followed Him.

Luke 9:60

Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But you go and preach the kingdom of God.”