Bible Cross References
And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
Luke 5:11
They pulled the boats up on the beach, left everything, and followed Jesus.
Luke 9:59-62
59
He said to another man, "Follow me." But that man said, "Sir, first let me go back and bury my father."
60
Jesus answered, "Let the dead bury their own dead. You go and proclaim the Kingdom of God."
61
Someone else said, "I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say good-bye to my family."
62
Jesus said to him, "Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps looking back is of no use for the Kingdom of God."
1 Kings 19:19-21
19
Elijah left and found Elisha plowing with a team of oxen; there were eleven teams ahead of him, and he was plowing with the last one. Elijah took off his cloak and put it on Elisha.
20
Elisha then left his oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me kiss my father and mother good-bye, and then I will go with you." Elijah answered, "All right, go back. I'm not stopping you!"
21
Then Elisha went to his team of oxen, killed them, and cooked the meat, using the yoke as fuel for the fire. He gave the meat to the people, and they ate it. Then he went and followed Elijah as his helper.
Matthew 19:22-27
22
When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was very rich.
23
Jesus then said to his disciples, "I assure you: it will be very hard for rich people to enter the Kingdom of heaven.
24
I repeat: it is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle."
25
When the disciples heard this, they were completely amazed. "Who, then, can be saved?" they asked.
26
Jesus looked straight at them and answered, "This is impossible for human beings, but for God everything is possible."
27
Then Peter spoke up. "Look," he said, "we have left everything and followed you. What will we have?"