Verse 11

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 19:14 : 14 This is the law: When a person dies in a tent, everyone who enters the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean for seven days.
  • Lev 19:28 : 28 Do not make cuts on your body for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
  • Lev 21:1-2 : 1 The LORD said to Moses, 'Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and tell them: A priest shall not defile himself by coming into contact with a dead person among his people. 2 Except for a close relative, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, or his brother.
  • Num 6:7 : 7 Even if their father, mother, brother, or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean for them, because the consecration to God is upon their head.
  • Deut 33:9 : 9 He said of his father and mother, "I do not regard them;" he did not acknowledge his brothers or recognize his children, for they kept Your word and guarded Your covenant.
  • Matt 8:21-22 : 21 Another of His disciples said to Him, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.' 22 But Jesus told him, 'Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.'
  • Matt 12:46-50 : 46 While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him. 47 Someone told Him, 'Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.' 48 But Jesus replied to the one who told Him, 'Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?' 49 Stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, 'Here are My mother and My brothers!' 50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.
  • Luke 9:59-60 : 59 He said to another man, 'Follow me.' But the man replied, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.' 60 Jesus said to him, 'Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.'
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.
  • 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Even though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.