Elisha immediately left his cows and ran after Elijah. Elisha said, “Let me kiss my mother and father goodbye. Then I will follow you.”
You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You were very foolish to do this!
Peter said to Jesus, “We left everything we had and followed you. So what will we have?”
Simon and Andrew left their nets and followed Jesus.
So the brothers left the boat and their father, and they followed Jesus.
When Jesus was leaving, he saw a man named Matthew. Matthew was sitting at his place for collecting taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Then Matthew stood up and followed Jesus.