Luke 9:59

World English Bible (2000)

He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

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  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
  • Matt 8:21-22 : 21 Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father." 22 But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
  • Matt 9:9 : 9 As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
  • 1 Kgs 19:20 : 20 He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." He said to him, "Go back again; for what have I done to you?"
  • Hag 1:2 : 2 "This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, 'The time hasn't yet come, the time for Yahweh's house to be built.'"
  • Matt 4:19-22 : 19 He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men." 20 They immediately left their nets and followed him. 21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them. 22 They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

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    19A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

    20Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

    21Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

    22But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

  • Luke 9:60-62
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    60But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."

    61Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house."

    62But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."

  • Luke 9:57-58
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    57As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."

    58Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

  • Luke 9:22-23
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    22saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up."

    23He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

  • Matt 16:24
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    24Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

  • John 21:19
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    19Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. When he had said this, he said to him, "Follow me."

  • Luke 14:25-27
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    25Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,

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    28But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'

    29He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.

    30He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.

  • Mark 5:37
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    37He allowed no one to follow him, except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

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    36Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "Where I am going, you can't follow now, but you will follow afterwards."

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    18They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

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    9As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him.

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    21Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

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    21Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross."

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    37He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.

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    19Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.

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    11He said, "A certain man had two sons.

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    19He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."

  • Matt 4:22
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    22They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

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    28Peter began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all, and have followed you."

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    33So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple.

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  • Luke 12:13
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    13One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

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    20Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.

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    21Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come."