Matthew 8:21-22 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

²¹Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

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

— Matthew 8:21-22

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