Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
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Matthew 4:18
And Jesus, walking about by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon being called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a sweep-net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
Matthew 9:9
And Jesus, passing away from thence, saw a man sitting by the custom-house, being called Matthew, and he says to him, Follow me; and having risen he followed him.
John 1:43
The morrow Jesus wished to go forth to Galilee, and he finds Philip, and he says to him, Follow me.
And
Luke 15:32
And to be gladdened, and to rejoice, was fitting: for this thy brother was dead, and has returned to life; and he was lost, and found.
Ephesians 2:1
And ye being dead in faults and in sins;
Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he says, Awake, who sleeping, and arise from the dead, and Christ will enlighten thee.
Colossians 2:13
And you, being dead in faults and uncircumcision of the flesh, he made alive together with him, having propitiated to you all faults;
1 Timothy 5:6
And she living luxuriously is dead, living.
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Ezekiel 44:25
And to a dead man they shall not come to be defiled: but for father and for mother, and for son and for daughter, for brother, for sister who was not to a husband, they shall be defiled.