1 Kings 19:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?””
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“So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, `Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.' And he saith to him, `Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 19:20 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 31:28But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.
- Matthew 4:20And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
- Matthew 4:22and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
- Matthew 8:21Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- Matthew 9:9As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
- Matthew 19:27“Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”
- Luke 9:61Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
- Acts 20:37They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
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