Listen,O daughter,giveattentionand inclineyour ear:Forgetyour peopleand your father'shouse;
Now the LORDsaidto Abram,"Goforth from your country,And from your relativesAnd from your father'shouse,To the landwhichI will showyou;
"And everyonewhohas lefthousesorbrothersorsistersorfatherormotherorchildrenorfarmsfor My name'ssake,will receivemany times as much,and will inheriteternallife.
"He who lovesfatherormothermorethanMe is not worthyof Me; and he who lovessonordaughtermore thanMe is not worthyof Me.
"Therefore,COMEOUT FROM THEIR MIDSTAND BE SEPARATE,"saysthe Lord."AND DO NOT TOUCHWHAT IS UNCLEAN;And I will welcomeyou.
"She shall also removethe clothesof her captivityand shall remainin your house,and mournher fatherand mothera fullmonth;and afterthat you may goin to her and be her husbandand she shall be your wife.
Thereforefrom nowon we recognizeno oneaccordingto the flesh;eventhoughwe have knownChristaccordingto the flesh,yetnowwe know[Him] [in this way] no longer.
"Ifanyonecomesto Me, and does not hatehis own fatherand motherand wifeand childrenand brothersand sisters,yes,and evenhis ownlife,he cannotbe My disciple.
Who saidof his fatherand his mother,'I did not considerthem'; And he did not acknowledgehis brothers,Nordid he regardhis own sons,For they observedYour word,And keptYour covenant.
For thisreasona manshall leavehis fatherand his mother,and be joinedto his wife;and they shall becomeoneflesh.
But he saidto him, "I will not come,but ratherwill goto my [own] landand relatives."
They wentto Ophirand tookfourhundredand twentytalentsof goldfrom there,and brought[it] to KingSolomon.
