Luke 9:61

Good News Translation

Someone else said, “I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say good-bye to my family.”

Cross References

1 Kings 19:20

Elisha then left his oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me kiss my father and mother good-bye, and then I will go with you.” Elijah answered, “All right, go back. I'm not stopping you!”

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Work hard at whatever you do, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead—and that is where you are going.

Luke 14:26

“Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.

2 Corinthians 2:13

But I was deeply worried, because I could not find our brother Titus. So I said good-bye to the people there and went on to Macedonia.

Deuteronomy 33:9

They showed greater loyalty to you Than to parents, brothers, or children. They obeyed your commands And were faithful to your covenant.