Luke 9:59

Then He said to another, “Follow Me.”

“Lord,” he said, “first let me go bury my father.”

1 Kings 19:20

Elisha left the oxen, ran to follow Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you.”

“Go on back,” he replied, “for what have I done to you?”

Haggai 1:2

“The Lord of Hosts says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”

Matthew 4:19-22

“Follow Me,” He told them, “and I will make you fish for people!”

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

Matthew 8:21-22

“Lord,” another of His disciples said, “first let me go bury my father.”

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!” So he got up and followed Him.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

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Summary

Luke 9:59

And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Follow me

Matthew 4:19

Matthew 9:9

Matthew 16:24

Suffer

General references

Ezekiel 44:25

Matthew 4:22

Luke 5:28

Bible References

Follow me

“Follow Me,” He told them, “and I will make you fish for people!”

As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!” So he got up and followed Him.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

Suffer

Elisha left the oxen, ran to follow Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you.”

“Go on back,” he replied, “for what have I done to you?”

“The Lord of Hosts says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”

But seek first the kingdom of God

and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

“Lord,” another of His disciples said, “first let me go bury my father.”

General references

A priest may not come near a dead person so that he becomes defiled. However, he may defile himself for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister.

Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

So, leaving everything behind, he got up and began to follow Him.