“Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 8 contains 34 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.