1 Kings 19:20 - Easy To Read Version

²⁰ Elisha immediately left his cows and ran after Elijah. Elisha said, “Let me kiss my mother and father goodbye. Then I will follow you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, Let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you. And he [testing Elisha] said, Go on back. What have I done to you? [Settle it for yourself.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?

Common English Bible

²⁰ Elisha immediately left the oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and my mother,” Elisha said, “then I will follow you.” Elijah replied, “Go! I’m not holding you back!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And immediately, leaving behind the oxen, he ran after Elijah. And he said, "I beg you to let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him: "Go, and turn back. For what was mine to do, I have done concerning you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And he forthwith left the oxen and ran after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back; for that which was my part, I have done to thee.

1 Kings 19:20 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 31:28

You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You were very foolish to do this!

Matthew 19:27

Peter said to Jesus, “We left everything we had and followed you. So what will we have?”

Matthew 4:20

Simon and Andrew left their nets and followed Jesus.

Matthew 4:22

So the brothers left the boat and their father, and they followed Jesus.

Matthew 9:9

When Jesus was leaving, he saw a man named Matthew. Matthew was sitting at his place for collecting taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Then Matthew stood up and followed Jesus.