Matthew 4:22
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22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
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Matthew 10:37
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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.
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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 9:59-60
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59 To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 60 And Jesus[a] said to him, “Leave (A)the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and (B)proclaim the kingdom of God.”
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Mark 1:20
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20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
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Deuteronomy 33:9-10
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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.
10 (C)They shall teach Jacob your rules
and Israel your law;
(D)they shall put incense before you
and (E)whole burnt offerings on your altar.
2 Corinthians 5:16
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16 From now on, therefore, (A)we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.
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Luke 14:33
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33 (A)So therefore, any one of you who (B)does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
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