28And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
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And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. …
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. …
But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-35)All this, except the last verse, we had before in Matthew and Mark; it is not the story of any miracle in nature wrought by our Lord Jesus, but it is an account of some of the wonders of his grace , which, to those who understand things aright, are no less cogent proofs of Christ’s being sent of God than the other. I. It was a wonder of his grace that he would call a publican , from the receipt of…
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