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.

Give heed with your ears, and follow My ways; hearken to Me, and your soul shall live in prosperity; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the sure mercies of David.

Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.

But you are unwilling to come to Me, so that you may have life.

And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me should draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught of God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to Me.

Coming to Him as to a living stone, having been rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,

"Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock:

and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and fell against that house; and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold, a voice [came] out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!"

Then the Jews said to Him, "Now we know that You have a demon! Abraham and the prophets died, and You say, 'If anyone keeps My word he shall by no means taste death.'

He answered them, "I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you wish to hear [it] again? Do you also want to become His disciples?"

[Then] they reviled him and said, "You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

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

But other [seed] fell into good ground, and when it grew up, it produced fruit a hundredfold." Saying these things He was calling out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

But those on the rock are they that, whenever they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of testing fall away.

But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother."

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

"If you love Me, keep My commandments.

He that has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will manifest Myself to him."

Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and we will make [Our] home with him.

"Just as the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.

These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may abide in you, and that your joy may be full.

Greater love has no one than this, that one should lay down his life on behalf of his friends.

to those who by the endurance of good works are seeking glory and honor and incorruption--eternal life.

tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that works evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek;

And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

But become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

for he observed himself and has gone away, and immediately forgot what sort of [man] he was.

Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do [it], to him it is sin.

Therefore, brothers, be even more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for by doing these things you shall by no means stumble at any time.

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

Little children, let no one deceive you. The [one] who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

Blessed are those who do His commandments, so that their right shall be to the tree of life, and they may enter by the gates into the city.