He left the oxen, and ran after Eliyahu, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. He said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
Luke 9:59 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He said to another, *Follow me!* But he said, *Lord, allow me first to 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. |
He left the oxen, and ran after Eliyahu, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. He said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
*This is what the LORD of Armies says: These people say, 'The time hasn't yet come, the time for the LORD's house to be built.'*
Then Yeshua said to his talmidim, *If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
As Yeshua passed by from there, he saw a man called Mattityahu sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, *Follow me.* He got up and followed him.
But Yeshua said to him, *Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God.*