Luke 9:59

Geneva Bible (1560)

But he said vnto another, Followe me; the same said, Lord, suffer me first to goe and burie my father.

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  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you.
  • Matt 8:21-22 : 21 And another of his disciples saide vnto him, Master, suffer me first to goe, and burie my father. 22 But Iesus said vnto him, Followe me, and let the dead burie their dead.
  • Matt 9:9 : 9 And as Iesus passed foorth from thence, hee sawe a man sitting at the custome, named Matthewe, and saide to him, Followe me; he arose, and followed him.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Iesus then saide to his disciples, If any man will follow me, let him forsake himselfe: and take vp his crosse, and followe me.
  • 1 Kgs 19:20 : 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Eliiah, and sayde, Let mee, I pray thee, kisse my father and my mother, and then I wil follow thee. Who answered him, Go, returne: for what haue I done to thee?
  • Hag 1:2 : 2 Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes, saying, This people say, The time is not yet come, that the Lords House should be builded.
  • Matt 4:19-22 : 19 And he sayd vnto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And they straightway leauing the nets, folowed him. 21 And when he was gone forth from thence, he saw other two brethren, Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother in a ship with Zebedeus their father, mending their nets, & he called them. 22 And they without tarying, leauing the ship, and their father, folowed him.

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