Luke 9:60
60
Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
Read Luke 9:60 Using Other Translations
Jesus said unto him,Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
And Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
But Jesus told him, “Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead! Your duty is to go and preach about the Kingdom of God.”
What does Luke 9:60 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Luke 9:60
Jesus said unto him, let the dead bury the dead
(See Gill on Matthew
8:22).
but go thou and preach the kingdom of God;
that the kingdom of heaven is at hand, the Gospel dispensation is
now ushering in, and the kingdom of the Messiah is setting up; go
and publish the things concerning the kingdom of grace, which
lies not in outward rites and ceremonies, but in righteousness
and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost; and declare the things
relating to the kingdom of glory, and eternal life and happiness;
assert, that unless a man is born again, and has a better
righteousness than his own, he is neither fit for, nor has he a
right unto everlasting bliss.
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