Bible Cross References
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Luke 14:26
"Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.
Luke 5:11
They pulled the boats up on the beach, left everything, and followed Jesus.
Luke 5:28
Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.
Luke 18:22
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me."
Luke 18:23
But when the man heard this, he became very sad, because he was very rich.
Luke 18:28-30
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Then Peter said, "Look! We have left our homes to follow you."
29
"Yes," Jesus said to them, "and I assure you that anyone who leaves home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the Kingdom of God
30
will receive much more in this present age and eternal life in the age to come."
Acts 5:1-5
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But there was a man named Ananias, who with his wife Sapphira sold some property that belonged to them.
2
But with his wife's agreement he kept part of the money for himself and turned the rest over to the apostles.
3
Peter said to him, "Ananias, why did you let Satan take control of you and make you lie to the Holy Spirit by keeping part of the money you received for the property?
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Before you sold the property, it belonged to you; and after you sold it, the money was yours. Why, then, did you decide to do such a thing? You have not lied to people---you have lied to God!"
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As soon as Ananias heard this, he fell down dead; and all who heard about it were terrified.
Acts 8:19-22
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and said, "Give this power to me too, so that anyone I place my hands on will receive the Holy Spirit."
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But Peter answered him, "May you and your money go to hell, for thinking that you can buy God's gift with money!
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You have no part or share in our work, because your heart is not right in God's sight.
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Repent, then, of this evil plan of yours, and pray to the Lord that he will forgive you for thinking such a thing as this.
Philippians 3:7
But all those things that I might count as profit I now reckon as loss for Christ's sake.
Philippians 3:8
Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ
2 Timothy 4:10
Demas fell in love with this present world and has deserted me, going off to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you do not love the Father.
1 John 2:16
Everything that belongs to the world---what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of---none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.