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20 And Jesus says to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of Man does not have[a] a place where He may lay His head”. 21 And another of His disciples said to Him, “Master, permit me first to go and bury[b] my father”. 22 But Jesus says to him, “Be following Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead”.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:20 That is, Jesus is not going to an earthly home or destiny to which this man can follow Him.
  2. Matthew 8:21 This man’s father may have just died; or, he may mean ‘Let me fulfill my duty to my father. When he dies, I will follow You.’

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