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Source language
Original Greek   
ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ⸀λέγει αὐτῷ· Ἀκολούθει μοι, καὶ ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
o de Iesous rlegei auto* Akolouthei moi, kai aphes tous nekrous thapsai tous eauton nekrous.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
Iesus autem ait illi sequere me et dimitte mortuos sepelire mortuos suos

King James Variants
American King James Version   
But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Authorized (King James) Version   
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
New King James Version   
But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
21st Century King James Version   
But Jesus said unto him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their dead.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
But Yeshua said to him, “Come after me and let the dead bury their dead.”
Darby Bible Translation   
But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
God's Word   
But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
But Jesus told him, "Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
International Standard Version   
But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
NET Bible   
But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
New American Standard Bible   
But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead."
New International Version   
But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
New Living Translation   
But Jesus told him, "Follow me now. Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead."
Webster's Bible Translation   
But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Weymouth New Testament   
"Follow me," said Jesus, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
The World English Bible   
But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
EasyEnglish Bible   
Jesus said to him, ‘No! You must come with me now. Let those people who are dead themselves bury their own dead people.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'
New Life Version   
Jesus said to him, “Follow Me. Let the people who are dead bury their own dead.”
Revised Geneva Translation   
But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me. And let the dead bury the dead.”
The Voice Bible   
Jesus: Follow Me! And let the dead bury their own dead.
Living Bible   
But Jesus told him, “Follow me now! Let those who are spiritually dead care for their own dead.”
New Catholic Bible   
Jesus answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
But Jesus *said to him, “Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.
Christian Standard Bible   
But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
But Jesus said to him, Follow Me, and leave the dead [in sin] to bury their own dead.
New Century Version   
But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the people who are dead bury their own dead.”
The Message   
Jesus refused. “First things first. Your business is life, not death. Follow me. Pursue life.” * * *
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
· And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury · their own dead.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
New Matthew Bible   
But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.
Good News Translation®   
“Follow me,” Jesus answered, “and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Wycliffe Bible   
But Jesus said to him, Follow thou me, and let the dead men bury their dead men.
New Testament for Everyone   
“Follow me!” replied Jesus. “And leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
Contemporary English Version   
Jesus answered, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
But Jesus said to him, ‘Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me [believing in Me as Master and Teacher], and allow the [spiritually] dead to bury their own dead.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
But Jesus answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”
New American Standard Bible   
But Jesus *said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
The Expanded Bible   
But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the people who are dead [C spiritually] bury their own dead.”
Tree of Life Version   
But Yeshua tells him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Revised Standard Version   
But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
New International Reader's Version   
But Jesus told him, “Follow me. Let the dead bury their own dead.”
BRG Bible   
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Complete Jewish Bible   
But Yeshua replied, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
But Jesus said to him, `Come with me. Let those who are dead bury their own dead people.'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
But Jesus said to him, ‘Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to him, Follow me, and permit the mesim (spiritually dead ones without hitkhadshut, spiritually unregenerate ones) to bury their own mesim (deceased ones, niftarim).
Names of God Bible   
But Yeshua told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Modern English Version   
But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their dead.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let those who are dead bury their own dead.”
International Children’s Bible   
But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the people who are dead bury their own dead.”
Lexham English Bible   
But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead!”
New International Version - UK   
But Jesus told him, ‘Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
But Jesus says to him, “Be following Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead”.