Luke 9:61

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

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  • 1 Kgs 19:20 : 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and [then] I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
  • Luke 14:18-20 : 18 ‹And they all with one› [consent] ‹began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.› 19 ‹And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.› 20 ‹And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.›
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 ‹If any› [man] ‹come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.›
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
  • Matt 10:37-38 : 37 ‹He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.› 38 ‹And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.›
  • Deut 33:9 : 9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

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