" another of the disciples said to Him, ‘Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.’” The phrase “bury my father” did not refer to a funeral service but was a colloquialism for awaiting the father’s death in order to receive the inheritance. Jesus therefore told the man, “Follow Me; and allow the dead to bury their own dead” (vv. 21–22). "

― John F. MacArthur Jr. , Romans 1-8: New Testament Commentary (MacArthur New Testament Commentary Serie)