And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

And he said unto another, 'Be following me;' and he said, 'Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'

"Follow me," He said to another. "Master," the man replied, "allow me first to go and bury my father."

And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

Then he said to another, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."

To another man Jesus said, "Follow me." "Let me first go and bury my father," said the man.

(14) And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
(14) The calling of God ought to be preferred without any question, before all duties that we owe to men.

And he said unto another, follow me,.... According to Matthew, one of his disciples, who had attended him some time, and whom he now called to the ministerial work; See Gill on Matthew 8:20. The Ethiopic version reads, "another said to him, shall I not follow thee?" but without any foundation: they are certainly the words of Christ, directed to another person, at the same time he met with the former:
but he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father; See Gill on Matthew 8:21.