Matthew 8:21
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21 (A)Then another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, (B)let me first go and bury my father.”
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Matthew 8:21
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21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
Luke 9:59-62
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59 (A)Then He said to another, “Follow Me.”
But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.”
61 And another also said, “Lord, (B)I will follow You, but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house.”
62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is (C)fit for the kingdom of God.”
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Luke 9:59-62
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59 He said to another man, “Follow me.”(A)
But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”(B)
61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”(C)
62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
Numbers 6:6-7
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6 All the days that he separates himself to the Lord (A)he shall not go near a dead body. 7 (B)He shall not [a]make himself unclean even for his father or his mother, for his brother or his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head.
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- Numbers 6:7 By touching a dead body
Numbers 6:6-7
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6 “‘Throughout the period of their dedication to the Lord, the Nazirite must not go near a dead body.(A) 7 Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean(B) on account of them, because the symbol of their dedication to God is on their head.
Leviticus 21:11-12
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11 nor shall he go (A)near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother; 12 (B)nor shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the (C)consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 21:11-12
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Matthew 19:29
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29 (A)And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother [a]or wife or children or [b]lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.
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- Matthew 19:29 NU omits or wife
- Matthew 19:29 Lit. fields
Matthew 19:29
New International Version
29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[a] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.(A)
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- Matthew 19:29 Some manuscripts do not have or wife.
1 Kings 19:20-21
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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?”
21 So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and (B)boiled their flesh, using the oxen’s equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.
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1 Kings 19:20-21
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20 Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,”(A) he said, “and then I will come with you.”
“Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”
21 So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen(B) and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.(C)
Haggai 1:2
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2 “Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, saying: ‘This people says, “The time has not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.” ’ ”
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Haggai 1:2
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2 This is what the Lord Almighty(A) says: “These people(B) say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.(C)’”
Deuteronomy 33:9-10
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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.
10 (E)They shall teach Jacob Your judgments,
And Israel Your law.
They shall put incense before You,
(F)And a whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.
Deuteronomy 33:9-10
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9 He said of his father and mother,(A)
‘I have no regard for them.’
He did not recognize his brothers
or acknowledge his own children,
but he watched over your word
and guarded your covenant.(B)
10 He teaches(C) your precepts to Jacob
and your law to Israel.(D)
He offers incense before you(E)
and whole burnt offerings on your altar.(F)
2 Corinthians 5:16
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16 (A)Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, (B)yet now we know Him thus no longer.
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2 Corinthians 5:16
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16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly(A) point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
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