And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: No one shall be defiled for the dead among his people,

except for his relatives who are nearest to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother;

He shall not make himself unclean for his father or his mother, for his brother or his sister, at their death, because his consecration unto God is upon his head.

This is the law when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be unclean seven days;

who says of his father and mother, I have not seen them; nor has he acknowledged his brothers, or known his own children; for they have kept Your Word and guarded Your covenant.

And another of His disciples said to Him, Lord, let me first go away and bury my father.

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

While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him.

But He answered and said to the one who told Him, Who is My mother and who are My brothers?

For whoever does the will of My Father in Heaven, that one is My brother and sister and mother.

And He said to another, Follow Me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and bury my father.

Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.

If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, and wife and children, and 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.