1 Kings 19:20
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?
Cross-reference
In Matthew 8:21, a disciple asks to first bury his father, mirroring Elisha's request to kiss his parents — a parallel hesitation for family duty.
In Matthew 8:22, Jesus tells the disciple to follow without delay, contrasting Elijah's permission for Elisha's farewell — a direct opposition.
In Matthew 19:27, Peter says they left everything to follow Jesus, directly echoing Elisha's abandonment of oxen and family for Elijah.
In Luke 9:61, a man asks to say farewell to his family — an almost identical request to Elisha's, showing the same discipleship hesitation.
In Luke 9:62, Jesus warns against looking back, contrasting Elijah's allowance — a stark difference in the demands of following.
In Mark 1:20, James and John leave their father and boat to follow Jesus—mirroring Elisha leaving his oxen and parents to follow Elijah.
Luke 9:59 records a man asking to bury his father before following Jesus—contrasting with Elisha's brief farewell request that Elijah permits.
In Ruth 1:14, Orpah kisses Naomi and leaves—contrasting with Elisha's request to kiss parents before following Elijah; one kiss ends commitment, the other begins it.
In Matthew 4:22, James and John leave their father to follow Jesus, paralleling Elisha leaving his oxen, but without the farewell request.
In Matthew 9:9, Matthew leaves his tax booth to follow Jesus, similar to Elisha leaving his oxen — both abandon their work to follow a master.