MAT 8:22 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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ULT But Jesus says to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

UST Jesus responded, “Come with me and be my apprentice now. You cannot help anyone who has died.”

BSB § But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

BLB But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

AICNT But {Jesus}[fn] {says}[fn] to him, “Follow me and let the dead bury their own dead.”

8:22, Jesus Some manuscripts read “he.” ℵ(01)

8:22, says: ℵ(01) B(03) C(04) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Some manuscripts read “said.” W(032) BYZ TR

OEB But Jesus answered, ‘Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.’

WEBBE But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

WMBB But Yeshua said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

NET But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

LSV and Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and permit the dead to bury their own dead.”

FBV “Follow me. Leave the dead to bury their own dead,” Jesus replied.

TCNT But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

T4T But Jesus said to him, “Come with me now. God considers that people who do not have eternal life are dead [MET]. Let those people do the work of burying people who die.”

LEB But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead!”
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BBE But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth "Follow me," said Jesus, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

ASV But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

DRA But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

YLT and Jesus said to him, 'Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'

Drby But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

RV But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

Wbstr But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

KJB-1769 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

KJB-1611 But Iesus said vnto him, Follow me, & let the dead, bury their dead.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps But Iesus sayde vnto hym: Folowe me, and let the dead bury theyr dead.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva But Iesus said vnto him, Followe me, and let the dead burie their dead.
(But Yesus/Yeshua said unto him, Followe me, and let the dead burie their dead. )

Cvdl But Iesus sayde vnto him: folowe thou me, and let the deed burie their deed.
(But Yesus/Yeshua said unto him: follow thou/you me, and let the dead burie their dead.)

TNT But Iesus sayd vnto him: folowe me and let the deed burie their deed.
(But Yesus/Yeshua said unto him: follow me and let the dead burie their dead. )

Wycl But Jhesus seide to hym, Sue thou me, and lete deed men birie her deede men.
(But Yhesus said to him, Pursue thou/you me, and lete dead men birie her deade men.)

Luth Aber JEsus sprach zu ihm: Folge du mir und laß die Toten ihre Toten begraben!
(But Yesus spoke to him: Folge you to_me and let the Toten their/her Toten begraben!)

ClVg Jesus autem ait illi: Sequere me, et dimitte mortuos sepelire mortuos suos.[fn]
(Yesus however he_said illi: Sequere me, and dimitte mortuos sepelire mortuos suos. )

8.22 Mortuos suos. Qui culpa exierunt, ut ipsi cum culpa vivunt. Mortuos sepelire, est peccatores in peccato fovere.

8.22 Mortuos suos. Who culpa exierunt, as ipsi when/with culpa vivunt. Mortuos sepelire, it_is peccatores in peccato fovere.

UGNT ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς λέγει αὐτῷ, ἀκολούθει μοι καὶ ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς.
(ho de Yaʸsous legei autōi, akolouthei moi kai afes tous nekrous thapsai tous heautōn nekrous.)

SBL-GNT ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ⸀λέγει αὐτῷ· Ἀκολούθει μοι, καὶ ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς.
(ho de Yaʸsous ⸀legei autōi; Akolouthei moi, kai afes tous nekrous thapsai tous heautōn nekrous.)

TC-GNT Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς [fn]εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἀκολούθει μοι, καὶ ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς.
(Ho de Yaʸsous eipen autōi, Akolouthei moi, kai afes tous nekrous thapsai tous heautōn nekrous. )

8:22 ειπεν ¦ λεγει CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-tense

λέγει

/is/_saying

To call attention to a development in the story, Matthew uses the present tense in past narration. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: [said]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς

leave the dead /to/_bury ¬the ˱by˲_themselves dead

Here, the phrase the dead could refer to: (1) people who have already died. In this case, Jesus is stating that dead people will take care of other dead people. What he means is that living people should not be concerned about those who have died. Alternate translation: [let the dead take care of themselves] or [do not concern yourself with the dead] (2) people who are spiritually dead. In this case, Jesus is saying that only people who are spiritually dead should care more about burying their dead than following him. Alternate translation: [let the spiritually dead bury their own dead]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τοὺς νεκροὺς & τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς

the dead & ¬the ˱by˲_themselves dead

Jesus is using the adjective dead as a noun to mean dead people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [the dead humans … their own dead humans]

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