Matthew 8:22
and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'
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- John 1:43 : 43 On the morrow, he willed to go forth to Galilee, and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, `Be following me.'
- Eph 5:14 : 14 wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
- Col 2:13 : 13 And you -- being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh -- He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses,
- Eph 2:1 : 1 Also you -- being dead in the trespasses and the sins,
- Eph 2:5 : 5 even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)
- Matt 9:9 : 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.
- Luke 15:32 : 32 but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'
- 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 and she who is given to luxury, living -- hath died;
- Matt 4:18-22 : 18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea -- for they were fishers -- 19 and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,' 20 and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him. 21 And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them, 22 and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.
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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.'
61 And another also said, `I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;'
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.'
- Matt 8:18-214 verses85%
18 And Jesus having seen great multitudes about him, did command to depart to the other side;
19 and a certain scribe having come, said to him, `Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;'
20 and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'
21 And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'
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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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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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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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23 And when he entered into the boat his disciples did follow him,
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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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28 and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.
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22 Jesus saith to him, `If him I will to remain till I come, what -- to thee? be thou following me.' This word, therefore, went forth to the brethren that that disciple doth not die,
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22 and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.
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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;
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25 And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,
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;
27 and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
- Matt 9:18-192 verses72%
18 While he is speaking these things to them, lo, a ruler having come, was bowing to him, saying that `My daughter just now died, but, having come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.'
19 And Jesus having risen, did follow him, also his disciples,
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14 and having come near, he touched the bier, and those bearing `it' stood still, and he said, `Young man, to thee I say, Arise;'
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12 And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,
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38 and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
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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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19 and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'
20 and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.
- John 8:21-222 verses71%
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.'
22 The Jews, therefore, said, `Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?'
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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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11 and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.
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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.'
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28 And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.'
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37 and the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.
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44 and he who died came forth, being bound feet and hands with grave-clothes, and his visage with a napkin was bound about; Jesus saith to them, `Loose him, and suffer to go.'
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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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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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52 and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, `Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;
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17 and Jesus said to them, `Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;'
18 and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.
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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.'
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28 And Peter said, `Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;'
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43 On the morrow, he willed to go forth to Galilee, and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, `Be following me.'
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49 While he is yet speaking, there doth come a certain one from the chief of the synagogue's `house', saying to him -- `Thy daughter hath died, harass not the Teacher;'
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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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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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36 and Simon and those with him went in quest of him,
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16 therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to the fellow-disciples, `We may go -- we also, that we may die with him,'
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14 let them alone, guides they are -- blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'