Leave the dead to bury their own dead (αφες τους νεκρους θαψα τους εαυτων νεκρους). The spiritually dead are always on hand to bur…

Let the dead bury their dead. The word dead is used in this passage in two different senses. It is apparently a paradox, but is f…

Let the dead bury their dead — The point of this half-epigrammatic, half-proverbial saying lies in the contrast between the two meanings o…

Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. And a certain scribe came, and said unto him,…

St. John Chrysostom: Because Christ not only healed the body but also purified the soul, He desired to demonstrate true wisdom…

If the scribe was too quick in promising, this “disciple” was too slow in performing. Palestinian piety, basing itself on the fifth commandment ([R…

Allow the dead to bury their dead. By these words Christ does not condemn burial: for it would have been shameful and cruel to throw away …

But Jesus said to him, follow you me
Christ would not excuse him on this account, but insists on what he had before …

One of the scribes was too hasty in his promise; he offered himself as a close follower of Christ. He seemed very resolute. Many resolutions regard…

And when Jesus had come into Simon Peter’s house, etc. Christ’s power is commended in the cure of the leper; it is also c…