Luke 9:59

Legacy Standard Bible

And He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.”

Cross References

1 Kings 19:20

So he forsook the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”

Haggai 1:2

“Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘This people says, “The time has not come, even the time for the house of Yahweh to be rebuilt.” ’ ”

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 9:9

And as Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax office; and He *said to him, “Follow Me!” And he stood up and followed Him.

Luke 9:60

But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.”