So he left the oxen and ran after Elijah saying, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” “Come back,” he said to him. “For what have I done to you?”
Luke 9:61 - Tree of Life Version Then another also said, “I will follow You, Master, but first let me say goodbye to those in my home.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Another also said, I will follow You, Lord, and become Your disciple and side with Your party; but let me first say good-bye to those at my home. American Standard Version (1901) And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my house. Common English Bible Someone else said to Jesus, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say good-bye to those in my house.” Catholic Public Domain Version And another said: "I will follow you, Lord. But permit me first to explain this to those of my house." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house. |
So he left the oxen and ran after Elijah saying, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” “Come back,” he said to him. “For what have I done to you?”
Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your strength, for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, where you are going.
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters—and yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
I had no rest in my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus my brother. So I said farewell to them, and I set out for Macedonia.
He said of his father and mother, “I have not seen them,” nor did he acknowledge his brothers or recognize his children. For they observed Your word and kept Your covenant.