And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and you shall tell them [that] they shall not defile themselves in their nation for the dead,

but [they may mourn] for a relative who is very near to them, for a father and mother, and sons and daughters, for a brother,

to his father or his mother, or to his brother or his sister; he shall not defile himself for them, when they have died, because the vow of God is upon him, on his head.

And this [is] the law; if a man die in a house, everyone that goes into the house, and all things in the house, shall be unclean for seven days.

Who says to his father and mother, I have not seen you; and he knew not his brethren, and he refused to know his sons; he kept Your oracles, and observed Your covenant.

Then another of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."

But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

And while He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him.

But He answered and said to him that told Him, "Who is My mother? And who are My brothers?"

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother."

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

Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."

If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know [Him thus] no longer.