Luke 9:61
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61 And another also said, “Lord, (A)I will follow You, but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house.”
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Luke 14:26
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26 (A)“If anyone comes to Me (B)and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, (C)yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
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Luke 14:18-20
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18 But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’ 19 And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’ 20 Still another said, ‘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)“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?”
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Matthew 10:37-38
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37 (A)He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 (B)And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
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Deuteronomy 33:9
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9 (A)Who says of his father and mother,
‘I have not (B)seen them’;
(C)Nor did he acknowledge his brothers,
Or know his own children;
For (D)they have observed Your word
And kept Your covenant.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
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10 (A)Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your (B)might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
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