And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”
Luke 9:59 - English Standard Version 2016 To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He said to another, Become My disciple, side with My party, and accompany Me! But he replied, Lord, permit me first to go and bury (await the death of) my father. American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Common English Bible Then Jesus said to someone else, “Follow me.” He replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then he said to another, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go, and to bury my father. |
And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”
“Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.”
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.
And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”