As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.” [Matt 8:19-22]
All the people answered together and said, “We will do everything that the Lord has spoken.” And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.
Now when the time was approaching for Him to be taken up [to heaven], He was determined to go to Jerusalem [to fulfill His purpose].
for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”] And they journeyed on to another village.
Peter said to Him, “Lord, why cannot I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You!” [Matt 26:33-35; Mark 14:29-31; Luke 22:33, 34]