Matthew 8:22

BIBLE IN TEN · Mar 18, 2025 · 6m

Tuesday, 18 March 2025 But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” Matthew 8:22 “And Jesus, He said to him, ‘You follow Me, and you leave the dead to inter the dead of themselves” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus was approached by one of His disciples who said, “Lord, You permit me first to go and inter my father.” In response to this, Matthew next records, “And Jesus, He said to him, ‘You follow Me.” The word translated as “follow” is imperative. Jesus is instructing him that he is to forget the notion of staying around waiting to inter his father. It is a way…