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 9:61 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Another also said, I will follow You, Lord, and become Your disciple and side with Your party; but let me first say good-bye to those at my home. American Standard Version (1901) And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my house. Common English Bible Someone else said to Jesus, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say good-bye to those in my house.” Catholic Public Domain Version And another said: "I will follow you, Lord. But permit me first to explain this to those of my house." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house. |
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?”
Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
“Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.
but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said farewell to them and went on to Macedonia.
who said of his father and mother, ‘I regard them not’; he ignored his kin and did not acknowledge his children. For they observed your word and kept your covenant.