Likely, he preferred to stay at home and wait until his father died rather than follow Jesus and care for that family responsibility when it came.
وقتی عیسی از یکی دیگر دعوت کرد او را پیروی کند ،‏ آن مرد پاسخ داد اوّل باید پدرش را « دفن » کند .‏