He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” Then Elijah said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”
Luke 9:59 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He said to another, Become My disciple, side with My party, and accompany Me! But he replied, Lord, permit me first to go and bury (await the death of) my father. American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Common English Bible Then Jesus said to someone else, “Follow me.” He replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then he said to another, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go, and to bury my father. |
He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” Then Elijah said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”
“Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.”
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.
And Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”