He said to another man, "Follow me." But that man said, "Sir, first let me go back and bury my father."

Someone else said, "I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say good-bye to my family."

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake, will receive a hundred times more and will be given eternal life.

He has been dedicated to me and is not to make himself ritually unclean nor is he to defile my sacred Tent by leaving it and entering a house where there is a dead person, even if it is his own father or mother.

(SEE 21:11)

Your hair is the sign of your dedication to God, and so you must not defile yourself by going near a corpse, not even that of your father, mother, brother, or sister.

(SEE 6:6)

They showed greater loyalty to you Than to parents, brothers, or children. They obeyed your commands And were faithful to your covenant.

They will teach your people to obey your Law; They will offer sacrifices on your altar.

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!"

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.

The LORD Almighty said to Haggai, "These people say that this is not the right time to rebuild the Temple."

No longer, then, do we judge anyone by human standards. Even if at one time we judged Christ according to human standards, we no longer do so.