Matthew 8:21 “Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my…”

Matthew 8:21

Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And another of his disciples saide vnto him, Master, suffer me first to goe, and burie my father.

Darby Translation

But another of his disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me first to go away 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;'

Bible in Basic English

And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

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Cross references

“another”

Luke 9:59–62

Luke 9:59–62 · BSB

Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

“suffer”

Matthew 19:29 Haggai 1:2 2 Corinthians 5:16 Leviticus 21:11 Leviticus 21:12 Numbers 6:6

Matthew 19:29 · BSB

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

Haggai 1:2 · BSB

that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”

2 Corinthians 5:16 · BSB

So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

Leviticus 21:11 · BSB

He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

Leviticus 21:12 · BSB

He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

Numbers 6:6 · BSB

Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

22But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

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