Luke 9:61

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Another said, 'I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to those at my home.'

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  • 1 Kgs 19:20 : 20 Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, 'Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.' Elijah said to him, 'Go back, for what have I done to you?'
  • Luke 14:18-20 : 18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’ 19 Another said, ‘I have bought five pairs of oxen, and I am on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’ 20 Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I cannot come.’
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • Matt 10:37-38 : 37 The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
  • Deut 33:9 : 9 He said of his father and mother, "I do not regard them;" he did not acknowledge his brothers or recognize his children, for they kept Your word and guarded Your covenant.

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  • Luke 9:59-60
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    59He said to another man, 'Follow me.' But the man replied, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.'

    60Jesus said to him, 'Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.'

  • Matt 8:21-22
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    21Another of His disciples said to Him, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.'

    22But Jesus told him, 'Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.'

  • Luke 9:56-57
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    81%

    56Then they went on to another village.

    57As they were traveling along the road, someone said to him, 'I will follow you wherever you go.'

  • Luke 9:62
    78%

    62Jesus replied, 'No one who puts their hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'

  • Matt 8:19
    76%

    19Then a scribe came and said to Him, 'Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.'

  • Luke 14:18-20
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    18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’

    19Another said, ‘I have bought five pairs of oxen, and I am on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’

    20Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I cannot come.’

  • Luke 14:25
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    25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them, he said,

  • Matt 21:29-30
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    29The son replied, 'I don’t want to.' But later, he changed his mind and went.

    30The man then went to the second son and said the same thing. He answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

  • John 13:36-37
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    36Simon Peter said to Him, 'Lord, where are You going?' Jesus answered, 'Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.'

    37'Lord,' Peter asked, 'why can't I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You!'

  • Mark 10:28-29
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    71%

    28Then Peter spoke up, 'We have left everything to follow you!'

    29Jesus said, 'Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left home, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for my sake and for the gospel,

  • Luke 9:23
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    23Then he said to them all, 'If anyone wants to follow me, they must deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow me.'

  • Luke 18:28-29
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    28Peter said, 'Look, we have left all we had to follow you.'

    29Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, no one who has left house, parents, brothers, wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

  • Matt 16:24
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    24Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

  • Matt 9:9
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    9As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. 'Follow me,' he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

  • Luke 5:28
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    28So Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.

  • Mark 1:38
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    38Jesus replied, 'Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also, for that is why I have come.'

  • Matt 19:21
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    21Jesus replied, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

  • Luke 9:4
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    4Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the town.

  • Luke 5:11
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    11So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything, and followed Him.

  • Luke 14:33
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    33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.

  • John 21:19
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    19Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, 'Follow me.'

  • Mark 6:10
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    10He said to them, 'Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.'

  • John 1:37
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    37The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.

  • Matt 10:6
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    6Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Luke 8:38
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    38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with Him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

  • John 6:67
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    67So Jesus asked the Twelve, 'Do you also want to leave?'

  • Mark 10:21
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    21Jesus looked at him and loved him. 'One thing you lack,' he said. 'Go, sell everything you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'

  • Matt 19:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

    30But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

  • Matt 4:19
    69%

    19And He said to them, 'Come, follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.'

  • Mark 8:34
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    34Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: 'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow me.'

  • Mark 1:18
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    18Immediately, they left their nets and followed him.

  • Luke 14:27
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    27And whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

  • Mark 5:37
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    37He did not allow anyone to follow Him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

  • Mark 1:36
    68%

    36Simon and his companions went to look for him,

  • John 8:21
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    21Then he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

  • Matt 4:22
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    22And immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

  • Mark 1:20
    68%

    20Immediately, he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired workers and followed him.

  • Luke 18:22
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    22When Jesus heard this, he said to him, 'You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'

  • 1 Kgs 19:20
    68%

    20Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, 'Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.' Elijah said to him, 'Go back, for what have I done to you?'

  • Luke 22:33
    68%

    33But Peter replied, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death."