Bible Cross References
Jesus
Luke 14:26-33
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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.
27
Those who do not carry their own cross and come after me cannot be my disciples.
28
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.
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If you don't, you will not be able to finish the tower after laying the foundation; and all who see what happened will make fun of you.
30
'You began to build but can't finish the job!' they will say.
31
If a king goes out with ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to face that other king.
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If he isn't, he will send messengers to meet the other king to ask for terms of peace while he is still a long way off.
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In the same way," concluded Jesus, "none of you can be my disciple unless you give up everything you have.
Luke 18:22
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me."
Luke 18:23
But when the man heard this, he became very sad, because he was very rich.
Joshua 24:19-22
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Joshua said to the people, "But you may not be able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God and will not forgive your sins. He will tolerate no rivals,
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and if you leave him to serve foreign gods, he will turn against you and punish you. He will destroy you, even though he was good to you before."
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The people said to Joshua, "No! We will serve the LORD."
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Joshua told them, "You are your own witnesses to the fact that you have chosen to serve the LORD." "Yes," they said, "we are witnesses."
John 6:60-66
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Many of his followers heard this and said, "This teaching is too hard. Who can listen to it?"
61
Without being told, Jesus knew that they were grumbling about this, so he said to them, "Does this make you want to give up?
62
Suppose, then, that you should see the Son of Man go back up to the place where he was before?
63
What gives life is God's Spirit; human power is of no use at all. The words I have spoken to you bring God's life-giving Spirit.
64
Yet some of you do not believe." (Jesus knew from the very beginning who were the ones that would not believe and which one would betray him.)
65
And he added, "This is the very reason I told you that no people can come to me unless the Father makes it possible for them to do so."
66
Because of this, many of Jesus' followers turned back and would not go with him any more.
Foxes
Psalm 84:3
Even the sparrows have built a nest, and the swallows have their own home; they keep their young near your altars, LORD Almighty, my king and my God.
2 Corinthians 8:9
You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; rich as he was, he made himself poor for your sake, in order to make you rich by means of his poverty.
James 2:5
Listen, my dear friends! God chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.