31 Bible Verses about goodbyes

And also another said, I will follow thee, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those in my house.

but separated from them, having said, I must definitely keep the coming feast at Jerusalem, but I will return again to you, God willing. And he launched from Ephesus.

LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices, and wept.

And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.

If any man comes to you, and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into a house, and do not speak to him to rejoice.

And having bid farewell to each other, we went up in the ship, and those men returned to their own things.

Finally brothers, farewell. Be thoroughly prepared, be encouraged, think the same way, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

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 to him, Go back again, for what have I done to thee?

And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.

And there developed considerable weeping of all. And having fallen on Paul's neck, they kissed him much,

So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.

and some man of you would say to them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and fed, but ye would not give them the things necessary for the body, what is the benefit?

And they lifted up their voices, and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

And when it came to pass to launch us, after being drawn away from them, after going a straight course, we came to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

And in those days, Peter, having stood up in the midst of the disciples (and there was a multitude of names at the same place, about a hundred twenty), he said

And after sending them away, he departed onto the mountain to pray.

and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou have done foolishly.

I had no rest in my spirit, my not finding Titus my brother. But having departed from them, I went forth into Macedonia.

And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. And they kissed each other, and wept one with another until David surpassed [him].

A little while, and ye do not look at me. Again a little while, and ye will see me, because I go to the Father.

But Paul, who still remained considerable days with the brothers, having separated, sailed away to Syria (and with him Priscilla and Aquila), having shaved his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow.

And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. And Laban departed and returned to his place.

longing to see thee, having remembered thy tears, so that I may be filled with joy,

And after the uproar ceased, Paul having summoned the disciples and having embraced them, he departed to go into Macedonia.

But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

Salute all those who lead you, and all the sanctified. The men from Italy salute you.

And now brothers, I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those who have been sanctified.

to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, keeping yourselves from which, ye will do well. Be strong.

And from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he summoned the elders of the congregation.

But Jesus said to him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but thou, after departing, proclaim the kingdom of God.

And when it came to pass for us to finish the days, having gone forth, we were departing, all accompanying us, with women and children, as far as outside the city. And having knelt on the beach we prayed.