King James Version (KJV)

Matthew 8:22

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

Verse in context — Matthew 8

And Jesus saith unto him, ‹The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air› [have] ‹nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay› [his] ‹head.›

And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

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

And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.