Augustine of Hippo, on Matt 8:18

“And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass over the water.”

“(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.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.