Matthew 8:21

What It Takes To Be A Disciple

²⁰ Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.” ²¹ “Lord,” another of His disciples said, “first let me go bury my father.” ²² But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

My Father

Leviticus 21:11-12

He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.

Numbers 6:6-7

He must not go near a dead body during the time he consecrates himself to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 33:9-10

He said about his father and mother,
“I do not regard them.”
He disregarded his brothers
and didn’t acknowledge his sons,
for they kept Your word
and maintained Your covenant.

1 Kings 19:20-21

Elisha left the oxen, ran to follow Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you.”

“Go on back,” he replied, “for what have I done to you?”

Haggai 1:2

“The Lord of Hosts says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses, brothers or sisters, father or mother, children, or fields because of My name will receive 100 times more and will inherit eternal life.

Luke 9:59-62

Then He said to another, “Follow Me.”

“Lord,” he said, “first let me go bury my father.”

2 Corinthians 5:16

From now on, then, we do not know anyone in a purely human way. Even if we have known Christ in a purely human way, yet now we no longer know Him in this way.