Luke 14:27

Luke 14:27
Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

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Joshua 24:15
And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.

Joshua 24:20
If you are turned away from the Lord and become the servants of strange gods, then turning against you he will do you evil, cutting you off, after he has done you good.

Joshua 24:21
And the people said to Joshua, No! But we will be the servants of the Lord.

Joshua 24:22
And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have made the decision to be the servants of the Lord. And they said, We are witnesses.

Joshua 24:23
Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.

Ruth 1:15
And Naomi said, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods: go back after your sister-in-law.

Matthew 6:24
No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

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Matthew 5:29
And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

Matthew 5:30
And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

Romans 15:1
We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.

Galatians 5:24
And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.

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Matthew 13:21
But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

Luke 9:25
For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?

John 12:25
He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

John 19:17
And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):

1 Thessalonians 3:3
So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.

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