Bible Cross References
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Luke 14:26-28
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"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.
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Those who do not carry their own cross and come after me cannot be my disciples.
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If one of you is planning to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost, to see if you have enough money to finish the job.
Deuteronomy 33:9
They showed greater loyalty to you Than to parents, brothers, or children. They obeyed your commands And were faithful to your covenant.
Matthew 10:37-39
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"Those who love their father or mother more than me are not fit to be my disciples; those who love their son or daughter more than me are not fit to be my disciples.
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Those who do not take up their cross and follow in my steps are not fit to be my disciples.
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Those who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it.
Matthew 19:28-30
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Jesus said to them, "You can be sure that when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the New Age, then you twelve followers of mine will also sit on thrones, to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.
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And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake, will receive a hundred times more and will be given eternal life.
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But many who now are first will be last, and many who now are last will be first.
Mark 10:29-31
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"Yes," Jesus said to them, "and I tell you that those who leave home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and for the gospel,
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will receive much more in this present age. They will receive a hundred times more houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields---and persecutions as well; and in the age to come they will receive eternal life.
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But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first."