Then He said to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And having gone forth from there, He saw two other brothers, James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And He called them.

And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." And arising, he followed Him.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

And Elisha left the cattle, and ran after Elijah and said, I will kiss my father, and follow after you. And Elijah said, Return, for I have done [a work] for you.

Thus says the Lord Almighty, saying, This people say, The time has not come to build the house of the Lord.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Then another of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."

But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."