Matthew 8:22
Douay-Rheims
But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.
Augustine of Hippo
(Serm. 100. 1.) The Lord when He prepares men for the Gospel will not have any excuse of this fleshly and temporal attachment to interfere, therefore it follows; Jesus said unto him, Follow me, and, leave the dead to bury their dead.
Source details
A.D. 430 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 8:18-22
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.