Bible verse
Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
Matthew 8:21 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 8.
17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
18 When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.
19 And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
21 Another of His disciples requested, “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 When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
24 Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
25 The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
KJV
And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
ASV
And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
ERV
And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
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