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;
For thisreasona manshall leavehis fatherand his mother,and be joinedto his wife;and they shall becomeoneflesh.
They wentto Ophirand tookfourhundredand twentytalentsof goldfrom there,and brought[it] to KingSolomon.
But he saidto him, "I will not come,but ratherwill goto my [own] landand relatives."
"He who lovesfatherormothermorethanMe is not worthyof Me; and he who lovessonordaughtermore thanMe is not worthyof Me.
"And everyonewhohas lefthousesorbrothersorsistersorfatherormotherorchildrenorfarmsfor My name'ssake,will receivemany times as much,and will inheriteternallife.
"Ifanyonecomesto Me, and does not hatehis own fatherand motherand wifeand childrenand brothersand sisters,yes,and evenhis ownlife,he cannotbe My disciple.
Thereforefrom nowon we recognizeno oneaccordingto the flesh;eventhoughwe have knownChristaccordingto the flesh,yetnowwe know[Him] [in this way] no longer.
"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.
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.
