Luke 14:33

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.

They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ.

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.

and tore the kingdom away from David’s house, and gave it you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,

if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

He left everything, and rose up and followed him.

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who tells fortunes, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

Peter began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all, and have followed you.”

When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”

At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?

so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched—

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’

Peter said, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”

For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.

Boaz answered her, “I have been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father, your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn’t know before.

They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?”

Immediately they left their nets, and followed him.

He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’

Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

A scribe came, and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.