And as Jesus passed forth from there, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom; and he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

Then Jesus said unto his disciples, If anyone will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Suffer

So 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?

Thus speaketh the LORD of the hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not yet come, the time to build the house of the LORD.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

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

General references

And they shall come near no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

And they immediately left the ship and their father and followed him.

And he left all, rose up, and followed him.