Matthew 4:22
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22 and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
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Matthew 10:37
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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.
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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 9:59-60
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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.”
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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 went after Him.
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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.
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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Luke 14:33
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33 So likewise, whoever of you (A)does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
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