who said of his father, and of his mother, 'I have not seen him;' Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he know his own children: For they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.
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TSK · Matthew 19:27
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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.
Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men."
Peter began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all, and have followed you."
After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!"
But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
that no flesh should boast before God.
Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ