Matthew 8:21
And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.
Leviticus 21:11-12
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother,
Numbers 6:6-7
He shall not come near to a dead body all the days that he separates himself to LORD.
Deuteronomy 33:9-10
who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him, neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew he his own sons, for they have observed thy word, and keep thy covenant.
1 Kings 19:20-21
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?
Haggai 1:2
Thus speaks LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time [for us] to come, the time for LORD's house to be built.
Matthew 19:29
And every man who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of my name, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.
Luke 9:59-62
And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me first, after departing, to bury my father.
2 Corinthians 5:16
So that henceforth we know no man according to flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know him no longer.