This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘These people say, “The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.” ’
Matthew 8:21 - New International Version (Anglicised) Another disciple said to him, ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Another of the disciples said to Him, Lord, let me first go and bury [care for till death] my father. American Standard Version (1901) And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Common English Bible Another man, one of his disciples, said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. |
This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘These people say, “The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.” ’
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
Jesus replied, ‘Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’
But Jesus told him, ‘Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.’
So from now on we regard no-one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.