Verse 22

But Jesus told him, 'Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.'

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  • John 1:43 : 43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, He said to him, 'Follow Me.'
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • Col 2:13 : 13 And when you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ, forgiving us all our trespasses.
  • Eph 2:1 : 1 And you were dead in your transgressions and sins.
  • Eph 2:5 : 5 made us alive together with Christ, even when we were dead in our transgressions—by grace you have been saved.
  • Matt 9:9 : 9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. 'Follow me,' he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
  • Luke 15:32 : 32 But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'
  • 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But the one who lives indulgently, even while living, is dead.
  • Matt 4:18-22 : 18 While walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And He said to them, 'Come, follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.' 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. 21 Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and He called them. 22 And immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.