Matthew 8:21
Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
In context
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.
19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.
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- KJV King James Version
— Matthew 8:21 in the KJV
And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Matthew 8:21 in the ESV
Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”