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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus continues to talk with the people along the road.
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# Follow me
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By saying this Jesus is asking the person to become his disciple and to go with him.
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# first let me go and bury my father
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It is unclear whether the man's father has died and he will bury him immediately, or if the man wants to stay for a longer amount of time until his father dies so he can bury him then. The main point is the man wants to do something else first before he follows Jesus.
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# first let me go
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"before I do that, let me go"
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# Leave the dead to bury their own dead
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Jesus does not mean literally that dead people will bury other dead people. Possible meanings of "the dead" are 1) it is a metaphor for those who will soon die, or 2) it is a metaphor for those who do not follow Jesus and are spiritually dead. The main point is that a disciple must not let anything delay him from following Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the dead
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This refers to dead people in general. AT: "the dead people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bury]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/kingdomofgod]] |