Luke 9:61

New American Bible - revised edition

And another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home.”

Cross References

1 Kings 19:20

Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please, let me kiss my father and mother good-bye, and I will follow you.” Elijah answered, “Go back! What have I done to you?”

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Anything you can turn your hand to, do with what power you have; for there will be no work, no planning, no knowledge, no wisdom in Sheol where you are going. The Time of Misfortune Is Not Known.

Luke 14:26

“If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

2 Corinthians 2:13

I had no relief in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia. Ministers of a New Covenant.

Deuteronomy 33:9

He said of his father and mother, “I have no regard for them”; His brothers he would not acknowledge, and his own children he did not recognize. For they kept your words, and your covenant they upheld.