Matthew 8:21

New American Bible - revised edition

Another of [his] disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.”

Cross References

Haggai 1:2

Thus says the Lord of hosts: This people has said: “Now is not the time to rebuild the house of the Lord.”

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”

Matthew 8:22

But Jesus answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.” The Calming of the Storm at Sea.

2 Corinthians 5:16

Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.