Matthew 8:22
“But Iesus said vnto him, Follow me, & let the dead, bury their dead.”
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Matthew 8:22 Context
20And Iesus saith vnto him, The Foxes haue holes, and the birds of the ayre haue nests: but the sonne of man hath not where to lay his head. 21And another of his Disciples said vnto him, Lord, suffer me first to goe, and bury my father. 22But Iesus said vnto him, Follow me, & let the dead, bury their dead. 23¶ And when he was entred into a ship, his Disciples followed him. 24And behold, there arose a great tempest in the Sea, insomuch that the ship was couered with the waues: but he was asleepe.
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But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
- King James Version
But Jesus *said to him, "Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead."
- New American Standard Version (1995)