Deuteronomy 33:9

9who said of his father and mother,
‘I regard them not’;
ahe disowned his brothers
and ignored his children.
For bthey observed your word
and kept your covenant.

Matthew 4:20-22

20Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. 22Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Matthew 9:9

Jesus Calls Matthew

9 cAs Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called dMatthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

Mark 1:17-20

17And Jesus said to them, Follow me, and I will make you become efishers of men.”
The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women
18And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.

Mark 2:14

14 gAnd as he passed by, he saw hLevi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

Mark 10:28

28Peter began to say to him, “See, iwe have left everything and followed you.”

Luke 5:11

11And when they had brought their boats to land, jthey left everything and followed him.

Luke 5:27-28

Jesus Calls Levi

27 kAfter this he went out and saw la tax collector named mLevi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, Follow me.” 28And nleaving everything, he rose and followed him.

Luke 14:33

33 oSo therefore, any one of you who pdoes not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

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