- Ὁ
- nominative masculine singular article - the
- *de*
- postpositive particle - but/and/now
- *Iēsous*
- nominative masculine singular - Jesus
- *eipen*
- aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said
- αὐτῷ
- dative masculine singular pronoun - to him
- *Akolouthei*
- present active imperative, 2nd person singular - follow
- μοι
- dative singular pronoun - to me
- καὶ
- conjunction - and
- *aphes*
- aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - leave/allow
- τοὺς
- accusative masculine plural article - the
- *nekrous*
- accusative masculine plural adjective - dead
- *thapsai*
- aorist active infinitive - to bury
- ἑαυτῶν
- genitive masculine plural reflexive pronoun - of themselves