Luke 9:61
Yet another said,“I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.”
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- 1 Kgs 19:20 : 20 He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said,“Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah said to him,“Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?”
- Luke 14:18-20 : 18 But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him,‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’ 19 Another said,‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.’ 20 Another said,‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’
- Luke 14:26 : 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
- Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
- Matt 10:37-38 : 37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever 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 to his father and mother,“I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.
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59Jesus said to another,“Follow me.” But he replied,“Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60But Jesus said to him,“Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
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21Another of the disciples said to him,“Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
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56and they went on to another village.
57Challenging Professed Followers As they were walking along the road, someone said to him,“I will follow you wherever you go.”
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62Jesus said to him,“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
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19Then an expert in the law came to him and said,“Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
- Luke 14:18-203 verses73%
18But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him,‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’
19Another said,‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.’
20Another said,‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’
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25Counting the Cost Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,
- Matt 21:29-302 verses73%
29The boy answered,‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart and went.
30The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered,‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.
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36Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied,“Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”
37Peter said to him,“Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!”
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28Peter began to speak to him,“Look, we have left everything to follow you!”
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28And Peter said,“Look, we have left everything we own to follow you!
29Then Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God’s kingdom
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24Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
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9The Call of Matthew; Eating with Sinners As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him. So he got up and followed him.
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28And he got up and followed him, leaving everything behind.
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38He replied,“Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do.”
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21Jesus said to him,“If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
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4Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave the area.
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11So when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.
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33In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.
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19(Now Jesus said this to indicate clearly by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God.) After he said this, Jesus told Peter,“Follow me.”
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10He said to them,“Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the area.
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37When John’s two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
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6Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
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29And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
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19He said to them,“Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people!”
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18They left their nets immediately and followed him.
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27Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
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37He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.
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36Simon and his companions searched for him.
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22They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
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20Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
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20He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said,“Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah said to him,“Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?”
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33But Peter said to him,“Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”