Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please 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 - Y'all Version Bible He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, first let me 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. |
Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please 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 YHWH of Armies says: These people say, ‘The time has not yet come, the time to rebuild the house of YHWH.’”
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, they must deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow me.
But y’all seek first the Empire of God and ʜɪꜱ righteousness, and all these things will also be given to y’all.
As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” Then Matthew got up and followed him.
But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the Empire of God.”