Matthew 8:22

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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.

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  • Luke 9:59-62
    4 verses
    91%

    59He said to another man, 'Follow me.' But the man replied, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.'

    60Jesus said to him, 'Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.'

    61Another said, 'I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to those at my home.'

    62Jesus replied, 'No one who puts their hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'

  • Matt 8:18-21
    4 verses
    85%

    18When Jesus saw the large crowds around Him, He gave orders to go over to the other side of the lake.

    19Then a scribe came and said to Him, 'Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.'

    20Jesus replied, 'Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.'

    21Another of His disciples said to Him, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.'

  • John 21:19
    75%

    19Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, 'Follow me.'

  • Matt 16:24
    75%

    24Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

  • Luke 9:57
    75%

    57As they were traveling along the road, someone said to him, 'I will follow you wherever you go.'

  • Matt 8:23
    75%

    23Then He got into the boat, and His disciples followed Him.

  • Mark 8:34
    73%

    34Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: 'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow me.'

  • Luke 5:28
    73%

    28So Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.

  • John 21:22
    73%

    22Jesus said to him, 'If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!'

  • Matt 4:22
    73%

    22And immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

  • Luke 9:23
    73%

    23Then he said to them all, 'If anyone wants to follow me, they must deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow me.'

  • Luke 14:25-27
    3 verses
    72%

    25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them, he said,

    26If 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.

    27And whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

  • Matt 9:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18While he was saying this, a ruler came and knelt before him, saying, 'My daughter has just died. But come and place your hand on her, and she will live.'

    19So Jesus got up and went with him, along with his disciples.

  • Luke 7:14
    72%

    14Then He approached the coffin, touched it, and the bearers stopped. He said, 'Young man, I say to you, arise.'

  • Matt 14:12
    72%

    12Then John's disciples came, took the body, buried it, and went and told Jesus.

  • Matt 10:38
    72%

    38And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

  • Luke 18:22
    72%

    22When Jesus heard this, he said to him, 'You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'

  • Matt 4:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19And He said to them, 'Come, follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.'

    20Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

  • John 8:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21Then he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

    22So the Jews said, "Surely he won’t kill himself, will he, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?

  • Mark 5:37
    71%

    37He did not allow anyone to follow Him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

  • Luke 5:11
    71%

    11So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything, and followed Him.

  • John 13:36
    71%

    36Simon Peter said to Him, 'Lord, where are You going?' Jesus answered, 'Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.'

  • Mark 10:28
    71%

    28Then Peter spoke up, 'We have left everything to follow you!'

  • John 1:37
    70%

    37The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.

  • John 11:44
    70%

    44The man who had died came out, bound hand and foot with strips of cloth, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, 'Unbind him and let him go.'

  • Matt 19:21
    70%

    21Jesus replied, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

  • Matt 9:9
    70%

    9As 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 8:52
    70%

    52Everyone was weeping and mourning for her, but He said, "Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep."

  • Mark 1:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17Jesus said to them, 'Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of people.'

    18Immediately, they left their nets and followed him.

  • Mark 10:21
    70%

    21Jesus looked at him and loved him. 'One thing you lack,' he said. 'Go, sell everything you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'

  • Luke 18:28
    69%

    28Peter said, 'Look, we have left all we had to follow you.'

  • John 1:43
    69%

    43The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, He said to him, 'Follow Me.'

  • Luke 8:49
    69%

    49While He was still speaking, someone came from the house of the synagogue leader and said, "Your daughter has died. Do not trouble the Teacher any longer."

  • Mark 1:20
    69%

    20Immediately, he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired workers and followed him.

  • Luke 14:33
    69%

    33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.

  • Mark 1:36
    69%

    36Simon and his companions went to look for him,

  • John 11:16
    69%

    16Then Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, 'Let us also go, so that we may die with him.'

  • Matt 15:14
    69%

    14Leave them alone; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”