He said to another man, “Follow me.” But that man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
Then Jesus told his disciples, “All those who want to be my disciples must say ‘no’ to themselves, pick up their crosses, and follow me.
So be concerned about the kingdom of God first, and do what he wants you to do, and all those things will also be given to you.
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at a tax collection booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
Jesus said to him, “Let those who are dead bury their own dead; you go and tell others about God’s kingdom.”