<p>8:22&nbsp;<i>But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead</i>- All three people (see Lk. 9:61) wanted to follow Jesus. But the Lord&rsquo;s point is that unless they were going to pay the price until it hurt, then they were not following Him. They were just tagging along the huge crowds. There is a clear link between following Christ and carrying His cross. Mt. 10:38; Mk. 8:34; 10:21 make it apparent: &ldquo;Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me&rdquo;. But there are other less evident connections. The man following his father&rsquo;s coffin was told to break off and come follow Christ instead (Mt. 8:22)- as if following Him involved following Him unto the place of death. The faithful women who literally followed Him to the cross are described as&nbsp;<i>also</i>&nbsp;having followed Him in Galilee (Mk. 15:41), as if their following then and their literal following of Him to Golgotha were all part of the same walk.</p>