Luke 9:61
And another also said, `I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;'
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- 1 Kgs 19:20 : 20 and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, `Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.' And he saith to him, `Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?'
- Luke 14:18-20 : 18 `And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused. 19 `And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused: 20 and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.
- Luke 14:26 : 26 `If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
- Eccl 9:10 : 10 All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.
- Matt 10:37-38 : 37 `He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me, 38 and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
- Deut 33:9 : 9 Who is saying of his father and his mother, I have not seen him; And his brethren he hath not discerned, And his sons he hath not known; For they have observed Thy saying, And Thy covenant they keep.
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- Luke 9:59-602 verses88%
59 And he said unto another, `Be following me;' and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'
60 and Jesus said to him, `Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.'
- Matt 8:21-222 verses83%
21 And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'
22 and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'
- Luke 9:56-572 verses81%
56 for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save;' and they went on to another village.
57 And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, `I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;'
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62 and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'
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19 and a certain scribe having come, said to him, `Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;'
- Luke 14:18-203 verses73%
18 `And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.
19 `And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:
20 and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.
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25 And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,
- Matt 21:29-302 verses73%
29 And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.
30 `And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I `go', sir, and went not;
- John 13:36-372 verses73%
36 Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, whither dost thou go away?' Jesus answered him, `Whither I go away, thou art not able now to follow me, but afterward thou shalt follow me.'
37 Peter saith to him, `Sir, wherefore am I not able to follow thee now? my life for thee I will lay down;'
- Mark 10:28-292 verses71%
28 And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.'
29 And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news',
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23 And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;
- Luke 18:28-292 verses71%
28 And Peter said, `Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;'
29 and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,
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24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,
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9 And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.
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28 and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.
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38 and he saith to them, `We may go to the next towns, that there also I may preach, for for this I came forth.'
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21 Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'
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4 and into whatever house ye may enter, there remain, and thence depart;
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11 and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.
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33 `So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.
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19 and this he said, signifying by what death he shall glorify God; and having said this, he saith to him, `Be following me.'
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10 And he said to them, `Whenever ye may enter into a house, there remain till ye may depart thence,
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37 and the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.
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6 and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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38 And the man from whom the demons had gone forth was beseeching of him to be with him, and Jesus sent him away, saying,
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67 Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, `Do ye also wish to go away?'
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21 And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast -- sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'
- Matt 19:29-302 verses69%
29 and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;
30 and many first shall be last, and last first.
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19 and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'
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34 And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;
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18 and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.
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27 and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
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37 And he did not suffer any one to follow with him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James;
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36 and Simon and those with him went in quest of him,
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21 therefore said Jesus again to them, `I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'
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22 and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.
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20 and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.
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22 and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, `Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things -- as many as thou hast -- sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'
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20 and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, `Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.' And he saith to him, `Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?'
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33 And he said to him, `Sir, with thee I am ready both to prison and to death to go;'