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


In Context

19 and a certain scribe having come, said to him, 'Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;'

20 and Jesus saith to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

21 And another of his disciples said to him, 'Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'

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

23 And when he entered into the boat his disciples did follow him,

24 and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:22But Jesus said to 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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