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    Matt 8:21-22 . . Another disciple said to him: Lord, first let me go and bury my father. But Jesus told him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.

    The incident tells me that not all commandments are equal. In other words; the commandment to honor God trumps the commandment to honor one's parents.

    Deut 6:4-5 . . Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

    Mark 12:28-30 . . One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him: Of all the commandments, which is the most important?

    . . .The most important one; answered Jesus, is this: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

    However, unless following Christ is somehow, in some way, the same as following God, then Jesus was way out of line when he put himself ahead of that man's covenanted obligation to honor his father.

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    What makes you think the disciple's father was dead? The Jewish tradition was and is to bury the dead the same day they die. The man would not have been there if he knew his father was dead. He was asking for permission to wait several years before making the commitment to follow Jesus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WebersHome View Post
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    Matt 8:21-22 . . Another disciple said to him: Lord, first let me go and bury my father. But Jesus told him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.

    The incident tells me that not all commandments are equal. In other words; the commandment to honor God trumps the commandment to honor one's parents...
    Quote Originally Posted by Tehilah Ba'Aretz View Post
    What makes you think the disciple's father was dead? The Jewish tradition was and is to bury the dead the same day they die. The man would not have been there if he knew his father was dead. He was asking for permission to wait several years before making the commitment to follow Jesus.
    That's interesting, I don't think I've heard that take on it before.

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