Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
Founder of Christianity
Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
Founder of Christianity
Matthew 8:22, said to a disciple who wanted to go bury his father first.
c. 30-33 CE
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"Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."
Shocking"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple."
Strange & Unusual"It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person."
Philosophical"And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out."
Shocking"But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me."
Shocking