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Another disciple said to him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."King James Bible
And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.American Standard Version
And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.Young's Literal Translation
And another of his disciples said to him, 'Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'Matthew 8:21 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAnother of his disciples - This does not mean any of the twelve, but one of those who were constant hearers of our Lord's preaching; the name of disciple being common to all those who professed to believe in him, John 6:66. Bury my father: probably his father was old, and apparently near death; but it was a maxim among the Jews, that, if a man had any duty to perform to the dead, he was, for that time, free from the observance of any other precept or duty. The children of Adam are always in extremes; some will rush into the ministry of the Gospel without a call, others will delay long after they are called; the middle way is the only safe one: not to move a finger in the work till the call be given, and not to delay a moment after. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge another. Luke 9:59-62 And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father... suffer. Matthew 19:29 And every one that has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children... Leviticus 21:11,12 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother... Numbers 6:6,7 All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall come at no dead body... Deuteronomy 33:9,10 Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children... 1 Kings 19:20,21 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you... Haggai 1:2 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built. 2 Corinthians 5:16 Why from now on know we no man after the flesh: yes, though we have known Christ after the flesh... Matthew 8:21 Parallel Commentaries
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1 Kings 19:20 Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. "Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye," he said, "and then I will come with you." "Go back," Elijah replied. "What have I done to you?"
Matthew 8:20 Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
Matthew 8:22 But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
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