1 Kings 19:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” Then Elijah said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”

Cross References

Genesis 31:28

And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons and my daughters farewell? What you have done is foolish.

Matthew 19:27

Then Peter said in reply, “Look, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?”

Matthew 4:20

Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

Matthew 4:22

Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.

Acts 20:37

There was much weeping among them all; they embraced Paul and kissed him,