Luke 9:61
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61 Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, (A)but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”
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Luke 14:26
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26 (A)“If anyone comes to me and (B)does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, (C)yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
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Luke 14:18-20
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18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ 19 And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ 20 And another said, (A)‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’
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1 Kings 19:20
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20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, (A)“Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”
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Matthew 10:37-38
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37 (A)Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And (B)whoever does not take his cross and (C)follow me is not worthy of me.
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Deuteronomy 33:9
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9 who said of his father and mother,
‘I regard them not’;
(A)he disowned his brothers
and ignored his children.
For (B)they observed your word
and kept your covenant.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
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10 Whatever your hand finds to do, (A)do it with your might,[a] (B)for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:10 Or finds to do with your might, do it
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