Bible Cross References
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Luke 14:26-28
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If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
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And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
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For which of you, intending to build a tower, [does] not first sit down and count up the cost, whether he has the resources to complete it?
Deuteronomy 33:9
Who says to his father and mother, I have not seen you; and he knew not his brethren, and he refused to know his sons; he kept Your oracles, and observed Your covenant.
Matthew 10:37-39
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He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
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And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
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He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
Matthew 19:28-30
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So Jesus said to them, "Assuredly I say to you, that in the Regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
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But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
Mark 10:29-31
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So Jesus answered and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields, for My sake and for the sake of the gospel,
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who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time--houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions--and in the age to come, eternal life.
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But many who are first shall be last, and the last first."