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But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 22. Let the dead bury their dead. The first words, let the dead, cannot mean those that were dead by a corporal death; and therefore must needs be understood of those who were spiritually dead in sin. Witham.—Two similar answers are mentioned in Luke 9:57, 60. Jesus Christ may have given the same answers on two different occasions. V.—God will not suffer us to go and bury a deceased parent, when he calls us to other employments. S. Chry.
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