And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have done foolishly in so doing.

And early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and daughters and blessed them. And Laban departed and returned to his place.

And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow after you. And he said to him, Turn and go back, for what have I done to you?

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.

But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions.

Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.

But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions.

for Demas has deserted me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica; Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.

But you who held fast to Jehovah your God are alive today, every one of you.

You shall fear Jehovah your God; you shall serve Him, and cleave to Him, and you shall swear by His name.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

A man and his friends may be broken up, but there is a love that sticks closer than a brother.

For Jehovah will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel and settle them in their own land; and the sojourner shall be joined with them, and they shall cling to the house of Jacob.

Thus says Jehovah of Hosts: In those days ten men out of all languages of the nations shall take hold and grasp the sleeve of a man who is a Jew, saying, Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.

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.

From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.

Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the Words of eternal life.

However, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who believe to the preserving of the soul.