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Luke 5:11
So they pulled their boats up on shore. Then they left everything and followed him.
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1 Kings 19 19-1 Kings 19 21
Elijah left Mount Horeb. He saw Elisha, the son of Shaphat. Elisha was plowing in a field. He was driving the last of 12 pairs of oxen. Elijah went up to him. He threw his coat around him.Then Elisha left his oxen. He ran after Elijah.“ Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,” he said.“ Then I’ll come with you.”“ Go back,” Elijah replied.“ What have I done to you?”So Elisha left him and went back. He got his two oxen and killed them. He burned the plow to cook the meat. He gave it to the people, and they ate it. Then he started to follow Elijah. He became Elijah’s servant.
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Matthew 19:22-27
When the young man heard this, he went away sad. He was very rich.Then Jesus said to his disciples,“ What I’m about to tell you is true. It is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.Again I tell you, it is hard for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. But it is even harder for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”When the disciples heard this, they were really amazed. They asked,“ Then who can be saved?”Jesus looked at them and said,“ With people, this is impossible. But with God, all things are possible.”Peter answered him,“ We have left everything to follow you! What reward will be given to us?”
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Luke 9:59-62
He said to another man,“ Follow me.” But the man replied,“ Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”Jesus said to him,“ Let dead people bury their own dead. You go and tell others about God’s kingdom.”Still another person said,“ I will follow you, Lord. But first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”Jesus replied,“ Suppose someone starts to plow and then looks back. That person is not fit for service in God’s kingdom.”
