Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

General references

Bible References

Follow

Matthew 4:18
And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers;
Matthew 9:9
And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, called Matthew, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.
John 1:43
On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.

And

Luke 15:32
But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.
Ephesians 2:1
and you, being dead in your offences and sins --
Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he says, Wake up, thou that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.
Colossians 2:13
And you, being dead in offences and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has quickened together with him, having forgiven us all the offences;
1 Timothy 5:6
But she that lives in habits of self-indulgence is dead while living.

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Ezekiel 44:25
And they shall come at no dead person to become unclean; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may become unclean.