Matthew 8:22
Strong's Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

told
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

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.

“Follow
Ἀκολούθει (Akolouthei)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 190: To accompany, attend, follow. Properly, to be in the same way with, i.e. To accompany.

Me,
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

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.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus said to him, ‘Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

New American Standard Bible
But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead."

King James Bible
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

New Living Translation
But Jesus told him, "Follow me now. Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead."

English Standard Version
And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

New American Standard Bible
But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead."

King James Bible
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But Jesus told him, "Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

International Standard Version
But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

NET Bible
But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

American Standard Version
But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

English Revised Version
But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus said to him, 'Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'
















Cross References
1 Kings 19:20
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

Matthew 8:21
And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Matthew 9:9
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

Mark 2:14
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

Luke 9:59
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

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

Luke 15:24
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

John 1:43
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

John 21:19
This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

John 21:22
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.

Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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