Burying The Dead

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

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.

Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, — read the full passage →

But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God. — read the full passage →

For David ascended not into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.

And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.

Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day: — read the full passage →

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. — read the full passage →

And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time the body decayeth; for he hath been dead four days.

Else what shall they do that are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?

Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?

But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep. — read the full passage →

The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, — read the full passage →

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, — read the full passage →

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. — read the full passage →

And he came nigh and touched the bier: and the bearers stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; — read the full passage →

by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.

And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There was a man of Macedonia standing, beseeching him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. — read the full passage →

And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

And when even was come, there came a rich man from Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: — read the full passage →