²² But Jesus told him, “Follow me,^(A) and let the dead bury their own dead.”

⁶⁰ Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”^(A)

³² But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”^(A)

¹⁵ For if their rejection brought reconciliation^(A) to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?^(B)

Made Alive in Christ

2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,^(A)

⁵ made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions^(A)—it is by grace you have been saved.^(B)

¹⁴ This is why it is said:

¹³ When you were dead in your sins^(A) and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you^[a] alive^(B) with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,^(C)

⁶ But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.^(A)