Our Lord spoke this to the man to whom He had said, Follow me. But another disciple put himself forward, to whom no one had spoken any thing, saying, I will follow thee, O Lord; but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at home, lest perchance they look for me as they are wont.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
Also cites: de Con. Ev. l. ii. c. 23.