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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 19:20 - Strong Concordance

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1Ki 19:20 Strong Concordance And he left [05800] the oxen [01241], and ran [07323] after [0310] Elijah [0452], and said [0559], Let me, I pray thee, kiss [05401] my father [01] and my mother [0517], and then I will follow [03212] [0310] thee. And he said [0559] unto him, Go back [03212] again [07725]: for what have I done [06213] to thee?
  King James And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
what have I done to thee?--that is, Go, but keep in mind the solemn ceremony I have just performed on thee. It is not I, but God, who calls thee. Do not allow any earthly affection to detain you from obeying His call.
 
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61 And [1161] another [2087] also [2532] said [2036], Lord [2962], I will follow [190] thee [4671]; but [1161] let [2010] me [3427] first [4412] go bid them farewell [657], which are at home at [1519] my [3450] house [3624].
62 And [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto [4314] him [846], No man [3762], having put [1911] his [846] hand [5495] to [1909] the plough [723], and [2532] looking [991] back [1519] [3694], is [2076] fit [2111] for [1519] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].