22But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.


In Context

19 And a scribe came up and said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou mayest go.

20 And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

21 But another of his disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me first to go away and bury my father.

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

23 And he went on board ship and his disciples followed him;

24 and behold, the water became very agitated on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he slept.

Matthew 8:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:22But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:22But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:22But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:22But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:22But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:22But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:22But Jesus said to him, |Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:22and Jesus said to him, 'Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:22But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.