Luke 9:60
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And Jesus said to him: Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

Let.

Luke 15:32 But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found.

Ephesians 2:1,5 And you, when you were dead in your offences and sins, . . .

1 Timothy 5:6 For she that liveth in pleasures is dead while she is living.

Revelation 3:1 And to the angel of the church of Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know thy works, and that thou hast the name of being alive. And thou art dead.

but.

John 21:15-17 When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs. . . .

1 Corinthians 9:16 For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me: for a necessity lieth upon me. For woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel.

2 Corinthians 5:16-18 Wherefore henceforth, we know no man according to the flesh. And if we have known Christ according to the flesh: but now we know him so no longer. . . .

2 Timothy 2:3,4 Labour as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. . . .

2 Timothy 4:2,5 Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. . . .

Context
The Cost of Discipleship
59But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go and to bury my father. 60And Jesus said to him: Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 61And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house.…
Cross References
Matthew 4:23
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom: and healing all manner of sickness and every infirmity, among the people.

Matthew 8:22
But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

Luke 15:24
Because this my son was dead and is come to life again, was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.

Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[Jesus] told
Εἶπεν (Eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

him,
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“Let
Ἄφες (Aphes)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 863: From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

dead
νεκροὺς (nekrous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

bury
θάψαι (thapsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 2290: To bury. A primary verb; to celebrate funeral rites, i.e. Inter.

their own
ἑαυτῶν (heautōn)
Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1438: Himself, herself, itself.

dead.
νεκρούς (nekrous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

You,
σὺ (sy)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

however,
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

go
ἀπελθὼν (apelthōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 565: From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively.

[and] proclaim
διάγγελλε (diangelle)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1229: From dia and the base of aggelos; to herald thoroughly.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

kingdom
βασιλείαν (basileian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 932: From basileus; properly, royalty, i.e. rule, or a realm.

of God.”
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.


Additional Translations
But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

And He said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but you, having gone forth, declare the kingdom of God."

Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go you and preach the kingdom of God.

But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.

But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

"Leave the dead," Jesus rejoined, "to bury their own dead; but you must go and announce far and wide the coming of the Kingdom of God."

But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."

and Jesus said to him, 'Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.'
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