1 Kings 19:20
19:20 He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah
said to him, “Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?”
Haggai 1:2
The Indifference of the People
1:2 The Lord who rules over all says this: “These people have said, ‘The time for rebuilding the Lord’s temple has not yet come.’”
Matthew 6:33
6:33 But above all pursue his kingdom
and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 8:21-22
8:21 Another
of the
disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
8:22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”