²⁰ He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. He said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?

²¹ Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

²² But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

⁶¹ Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those who are at my house."

⁶² But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."

³⁷ They all wept a lot, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,

²⁰ They immediately left their nets and followed him.

²² They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

⁹ As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him.

²⁷ Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?"