Burying The Dead

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

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

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

Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. — read the full passage →

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

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

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

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

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: — read the full passage →

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town 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 believeth not shall be damned.

She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

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

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

Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

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

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

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

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. — read the full passage →

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

And another of his 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 unto him, to shew unto his servants 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all 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 →

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

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 and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Which in his times he shall shew, 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 keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

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

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

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

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

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

When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: — read the full passage →