Luke 9:60
“Iesus said vnto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdome of God.”
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Luke 9:60 Context
58And Iesus said vnto him, Foxes haue holes, and birds of the aire haue nests, but the Sonne of man hath not where to lay his head. 59And he said vnto another, Follow me: But he said, Lord, suffer mee first to goe and bury my father. 60Iesus said vnto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdome of God. 61And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee: but let me first goe bid them farewel, which are at home at my house. 62And Iesus said vnto him, No man hauing put his hand to the plough, and looking backe, is fit for the kingdome of God.
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Other Translations for Luke 9:60
Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
- King James Version
But He said to him, "Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.
- Basic English Bible
But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do *thou* go and announce the kingdom of God.
- Darby Bible
Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
- Webster's Bible
Leave the dead, Jesus rejoined, "to bury their own dead; but you must go and announce far and wide the coming of the Kingdom of God."
- Weymouth Bible
But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."
- World English Bible
And Jhesus seide to hym, Suffre that deede men birie hir deede men; but go thou, and telle the kyngdom of God.
- Wycliffe Bible
and Jesus said to him, `Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Luke 9:60
Lu 9:60 Let the dead bury their dead. Let the world attend to its own duties. To preach the kingdom rises above every other duty. The disciple was probably an apostle, who wished to stay with his father until his father's death.