1 Kings 19:20

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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?””

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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“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?”

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ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

“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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 19:20 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 31:28But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.
  2. Matthew 4:20And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
  3. Matthew 4:22and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
  4. Matthew 8:21Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
  5. 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.
  6. Matthew 19:27“Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”
  7. Luke 9:61Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
  8. Acts 20:37They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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