Matthew 8:21
“And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.”
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
Cross-References
“And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.”
“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?”
“And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.”
“Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;”
“All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.”