Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Bible References
His father
Matthew 8:21
another of his disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Matthew 12:46
Now while he was talking to the people, his mother and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak with him.
Luke 9:59
Then he said to another, follow me: but he replied, Lord, let me stay first, till I bury my father.
Luke 14:26
and said, he that can't abandon his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, nay, even his own life, cannot be my disciple.
2 Corinthians 5:16
Wherefore, henceforth I have no regard to any man for his external appearance: for tho' I formerly look'd for worldly grandeur in the Messiah, yet now I see things in another light.