²² And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.

³⁷ He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

²⁶ And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

⁹ Who said of his father, Who is he? and of his mother, I have not seen her; he kept himself separate from his brothers and had no knowledge of his children: for they have given ear to your word and kept your agreement.

¹⁰ They will be the teachers of your decisions to Jacob and of your law to Israel: the burning of perfumes before you will be their right, and the ordering of burned offerings on your altar.

²⁰ And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.

⁵⁹ And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

⁶⁰ But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.

³³ And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

¹⁶ For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.