NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 21

Matthew 8:21

Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Matthew 8:21 in context

Matthew 8:18–24

Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.

A scribe came and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

Selected verse

Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.

Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves; but he was asleep.

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