Matthew 8:21
Then another of his disciples told him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."
Leviticus 21:11-12
He is not to come near any dead body whether the deceased is his father or his mother so as not to defile himself.
Numbers 6:6-7
"During the entire time of his dedication, he is not to come near a dead body.
Deuteronomy 33:9-10
the one who told his mother and father, "I don't know them,' and who would neither acknowledge his brothers nor know his own children. For they kept your word and guarded your covenant.
1 Kings 19:20-21
He abandoned the oxen, ran off to follow Elijah, and asked him, "Please, let me kiss my mother and father good-bye, and then I'll come after you." "Go back again," Elijah replied. "What have I done to you?"
Haggai 1:2
"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "These people keep saying, "No, the right time for rebuilding the LORD's Temple has not yet come."'"
Matthew 19:29
In fact, everyone who has left his homes, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
Luke 9:59-62
He told another man, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."
2 Corinthians 5:16
So then, from now on we do not think of anyone from a human point of view. Even if we did think of the Messiah from a human point of view, we don't think of him that way anymore.