Luke 9:59

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

Cross References

1 Kings 19:20

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

Haggai 1:2

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: This people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.”

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

Luke 9:60

But he said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”