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?
Mark 1:20 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zavdai, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And immediately He called out to them, and [abandoning all mutual claims] they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went off after Him [to be His disciples, side with His party, and follow Him]. American Standard Version (1901) And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him. Common English Bible At that very moment he called them. They followed him, leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired workers. Catholic Public Domain Version And immediately he called them. And leaving behind their father Zebedee in the boat with his hired hands, they followed him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And forthwith he called them. And leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with his hired men, they followed him. |
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?
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.
Going on a little further from there, he saw Ya`akov Ben-Zavdai, and Yochanan, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.
They went into Kefar-Nachum, and immediately on the day of Shabbat he entered into the synagogue and taught.
Yeshua said, *Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,
*If anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my talmid.
When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.
Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Messiah after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he know his own children: For they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.