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Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”
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Verse 20. Kiss, and bid them adieu. Menochius.—To thee. I have no farther orders. Obey the Spirit of God. Hoc age. Hebrew “for what have I done to thee?” Did I require thee to follow me? Act as God may direct thee. Yet remember the ceremony which thou hast seen, and do not turn back ( Calmet.) to neglect thy office. Bible. Matthew 8:22. Luke 9:62.
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