^59 (A)Then He said to another, “Follow Me.”

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

Take Up the Cross and Follow Him^(A)

^24 (B)Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and ^(C)follow Me.

³³ But ^(A)seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

²⁰ And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, ^(A)“Please 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?”

^21 (A)Then another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, ^(B)let me first go and bury my father.”

²² But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”