And the young man did not delay to do this thing, for he was much attached to Jacob's daughter, and he was the most honorable of all in his father's house.

And He said, Is it not My people? The children surely will not be rebellious; and He became to them deliverance

But they disobeyed, and provoked His Holy Spirit; so He turned to be an enemy, He Himself contended against them.

And as He drew near, seeing the city, He wept over it,

And I gladly will spend and be expended for your souls; although the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

But one [thing] is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, "Still one thing you lack: sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."

For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one [point], he has become guilty of all.

Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

But I have a few things against you, because you have there [some] who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, both to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.

But I have [this] against you, that you tolerate your wife Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit fornication and eat things sacrificed to idols.

[This translation omits this verse.]

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure having been hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it, he went and sold everything he had, and bought that field."

who, when he found one very precious pearl, went and sold everything he had and bought it."

Jesus said to him, "If you desire to be perfect, go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."

Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves money bags which do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief does not come near, nor does a moth destroy.

and they were selling their possessions and goods, and were dividing them among all, to the degree that anyone had a need.

Nor was there anyone needy among them; for all who were owners of lands or houses were selling them, and were bringing the proceeds of the things which had been sold,

And Joses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a Cyprian by nation,

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves dig through and steal;

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by the mammon of unrighteousness, so that whenever you fail, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to put their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who provides all things richly for us to enjoy,

storing up for yourselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

For you sympathized with me in my chains, and you received the plunder of your possessions with joy, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and enduring possession in heaven.

into an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,

who by the power of God [are] being guarded through faith for the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

And having summoned the crowd together with His disciples, He said to them, "Whoever is willing to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

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.

Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

And if anyone serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant shall be also. If anyone serve Me, him My Father will honor.

These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but have courage, I have overcome the world."

And if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together, so that we may also be glorified together.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy [to be compared] with the coming glory to be revealed in us.

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.