2 Kings 5:13
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Cross-reference
In 2 Kings 5:3, the servant girl first tells Naaman about Elisha — his servants now echo her simple logic.
2 Kings 5:10 records Elisha's command to wash in the Jordan — the very command the servants urge Naaman to obey.
In 2 Kings 2:12, Elisha cries 'My father, my father!' to Elijah — the same respectful title used here by Naaman's servants.
In 2 Kings 6:21, the king addresses Elisha as 'my father' — mirroring the term of respect from Naaman's servants.
In 2 Kings 13:14, King Joash calls Elisha 'my father' — the same honorific used by servants for their master.
In 1 Kings 20:31, Syrian servants advise humility before Israel's king — Naaman's urge similar humility before God's prophet.
In Job 32:9, great men are not always wise — Naaman, a great commander, is corrected by his servants' wisdom.
Matthew 23:9 forbids calling any man 'father' — contrasting with the servants' use of 'my father' for Naaman.
1 Corinthians 1:21 says God saves through the 'folly' of preaching — paralleling the simple washing that seemed foolish to Naaman.
1 Corinthians 1:27 says God chooses the foolish to shame the wise — exactly the logic of Naaman's servants' argument.
In 1 Samuel 25:14-17, servants wisely counsel Abigail — here Naaman's servants similarly reason with him.
In Jeremiah 38:38:3, a servant (Ebed-Melech) wisely rescues Jeremiah — parallel to servants saving Naaman from folly.
Malachi 1:6 asks where honor is due to a father — paralleling the respectful 'my father' address from the servants.
Revelation 7:14 parallels 'wash and be clean' with spiritual cleansing through Christ's blood — a NT echo of Naaman's physical healing.
In 1 Corinthians 4:15, Paul calls himself a spiritual father — similar to the 'my father' title for a respected leader.