Matthew 8:21 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 8:21

19 ^aThen a certain scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

21 ^aThen another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, ^blet me first go and bury my father.”

22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

23 Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him.

24 ^aAnd suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep.

Verse Comparison: Matthew 8:21

American Standard Version
And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Amplified® Bible
Another of the disciples said to Him, Lord, let me first go and bury [care for till death] my father.

Contemporary English Version
Another disciple said to Jesus, "Lord, let me wait till I bury my father."

Darby English Version
But another of his disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me first to go away and bury my father.

Good News Bible
Another man, who was a disciple, said, "Sir, first let me go back and bury my father."

International Standard Version
Then another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."

King James Version
And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

New American Standard Bible
Another of the disciples said to Him, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."

New International Version
Another disciple said to him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."

New King James Version
Then another of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Another of the disciples said to Him, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."

Revised Standard Version
Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

Young's Literal Translation
And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'

New English Translation
Another¹ of the² disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”