Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.(Matthew 8:18)

And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.(Matthew 8:19)

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.(Matthew 8:20)

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.(Matthew 8:22)

And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.(Matthew 8:23)

And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.(Matthew 8:24)

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Matthew 8:21 - Cross Reference

Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. (Deuteronomy 33:9)

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. (Matthew 19:29)

And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. (Luke 9:59)

Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. (2 Corinthians 5:16)

All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body. (Numbers 6:6)

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built. (Haggai 1:2)

Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; (Leviticus 21:11)

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? (1 Kings 19:20)