Elisha left the oxen, ran to follow Elijah, and said, ‘Please let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you.’ ‘Go on back,’ he replied, ‘for what have I done to you? ’
Luke 9:62 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But Jesus said to him, ‘No one who puts his hand to the plough and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things behind] is fit for the kingdom of God. American Standard Version (1901) But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Common English Bible Jesus said to him, “No one who puts a hand on the plow and looks back is fit for God’s kingdom.” Catholic Public Domain Version Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. |
Elisha left the oxen, ran to follow Elijah, and said, ‘Please let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you.’ ‘Go on back,’ he replied, ‘for what have I done to you? ’
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,
because Demas has deserted me, since he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
But my righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, I have no pleasure in him. ,