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Matthew 8:21

Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

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ASV

And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

KJV

And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἝτεροςHeterosAnotherG2087 →
δὲdenowG1161 →
τῶνtōnof theG3588 →
μαθητῶνmathētōndisciplesG3101 →
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846 →
εἶπενeipensaidG2036 →
αὐτῷ·autōto Him;G846 →
κύριε,kurieLord,G2962 →
ἐπίτρεψόνepitrepsondo allowG2010 →
μοιmoimeG3165 →
πρῶτονprōtonfirstG4413 →
ἀπελθεῖνapeltheinto goG565 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
θάψαιthapsaito buryG2290 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
πατέραpaterafatherG3962 →
μου.¶mouof mine.G3165 →

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Luke 9:59–62Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”Matthew 19:29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.Leviticus 21:11–12He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.Numbers 6:6–7Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.1 Kings 19:20–21So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”Haggai 1:2that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”Deuteronomy 33:9–10He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.2 Corinthians 5:16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

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John the Baptist Baptizes Jesus — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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