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?”
Mark 1:20 - Tree of Life Version Immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired hands and followed 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. |
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?”
“He who loves father or mother more than Me isn’t worthy of Me, and he who loves son or daughter more than Me isn’t worthy of Me.
Going a little farther, He saw Jacob the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets.
And they went into Capernaum. Right away, on Shabbat, He entered the synagogue and began to teach.
“Amen, I tell you,” Yeshua replied, “there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for My sake and for the sake of the Good News,
“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.
So when they had brought the boats to the landing, they left everything and followed Him.
So from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Messiah according to the flesh, yet now we no longer know Him this way.
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.