World English Bible

Matthew 8:21

“Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

Verse in context — Matthew 8

A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.

Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.

Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.

But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.