1 Kings 19:20
Good News Translation
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!"

New Revised Standard Version
He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” Then Elijah said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”

Contemporary English Version
Elisha stopped plowing and ran after him. "Let me kiss my parents goodbye, then I'll go with you," he said. "You can go," Elijah said. "But remember what I've done for you."

New American Bible
Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please, let me kiss my father and mother good-bye, and I will follow you.” Elijah answered, “Go back! What have I done to you?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he forthwith left the oxen, and run after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back: for that which was my part, I have done to thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he forthwith left the oxen, and run after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back: for that which was my part, I have done to thee.

he left

Matthew 4:20,22 And they immediately leaving their nets, followed him. . . .

Matthew 9:9 And when Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a man sitting in the custom house, named Matthew; and he saith to him: Follow me. And he arose up and followed him.

Matthew 19:27 Then Peter answering, said to him: Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee: what therefore shall we have?

Let me, I pray

Matthew 8:21,22 And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. . . .

Luke 9:61,62 And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house. . . .

Acts 20:37 And there was much weeping among them all. And falling on the neck of Paul, they kissed him,

Go back again [heb] Go, return

Context
The Calling of Elisha
19And Elias departing from thence, found Eliseus, the son of Saphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and he was one of them that were ploughing with, twelve yoke of oxen: and when Elias came up to him, he cast his mantle upon him. 20And he forthwith left the oxen, and run after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back: for that which was my part, I have done to thee.21And returning back from him, he took a yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled the flesh with the plough of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate: and rising up, he went away, and followed Elias, and ministered to him.…
Cross References
Matthew 8:21
And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Matthew 8:22
But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

Luke 9:61
And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house.

Luke 9:62
Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.

Acts 20:37
And there was much weeping among them all. And falling on the neck of Paul, they kissed him,

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