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3360.—Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Luke 9:60

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 28, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 9.

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3360.—Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Luke 9:60

Please explain the text, "Let the dead bury their dead." L. H.
Read as in the Revised Version, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead." The young man wanted to follow Christ, but he wanted to wait, perhaps, till his father died. He did not rightly understand the relative importance of following Christ and abiding at home. He did not have clear ideas as to duty. Jesus said in substance, Let those who are dead to the great importance of soul-saving truth, bury their dead. They have time for this. But let him who is called of God, make God's work first.