Matthew 8:21
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21 Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
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Luke 9:59-62
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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.” 61 Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, (C)but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” 62 Jesus said to him, (D)“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
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- Luke 9:60 Greek he
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)Not even for his father or for his mother, for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean, because his separation to God is on his head.
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Leviticus 21:11-12
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11 He shall not (A)go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother. 12 (B)He shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he (C)profane the sanctuary of his God, for the (D)consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.
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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 or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold[a] and will (B)inherit eternal life.
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- Matthew 19:29 Some manuscripts manifold
1 Kings 19:20-21
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20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, (A)“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 And he returned from following him and took the yoke of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh (B)with the yokes of the oxen and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and assisted him.
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Haggai 1:2
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2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.”
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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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