Matthew 8:22
But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.
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- John 1:43 : 43 The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.
- Eph 5:14 : 14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
- Col 2:13 : 13 And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;
- Eph 2:1 : 1 And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,
- Eph 2:5 : 5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),
- Matt 9:9 : 9 And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.
- Luke 15:32 : 32 But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.
- 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she is living.
- Matt 4:18-22 : 18 And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And straight away they let go the nets and went after him. 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come. 22 And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.
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59And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.
60But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.
61And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.
62But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.
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18Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.
19And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.
20And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.
21And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.
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19Now this he said, pointing out the sort of death by which he would give God glory. And after saying this, he said to him, Come after me.
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24Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.
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57And when they were on the way, a certain man said to him, I will come after you wherever you go.
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23And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.
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34And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.
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28And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.
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22Jesus said to him, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you? come yourself after me.
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22And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.
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23And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.
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25Now a great number of people went with him.
26And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
27Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.
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18While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.
19And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples.
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12And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.
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38And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.
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19And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.
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21Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.
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37And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.
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11And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.
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28Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.
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37Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.
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21Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.
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9And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.
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52And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.
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17And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
18And they went straight from their nets, and came after him.
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21And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.
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28And Peter said, See, we have given up what is ours to come after you.
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49While he was still talking, someone came from the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, saying, Your daughter is dead; do not go on troubling the Master.
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20And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.
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33And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.
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36And Simon and those who were with him came after him.
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16Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.
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14Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.