Luke 9:62

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.

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  • Phil 3:13 : 13 Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.
  • 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first. 21 For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it. 22 They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.
  • Ps 78:8-9 : 8 And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God. 9 The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, were turned back on the day of the fight.
  • Luke 17:31-32 : 31 On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house. 32 Keep in mind Lot's wife.
  • Acts 15:37-38 : 37 And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark. 38 But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas has gone away from me, for love of this present life, and has gone to Thessalonica: Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
  • Jas 1:6-8 : 6 Let him make his request in faith, doubting nothing; for he who has doubt in his heart is like the waves of the sea, which are troubled by the driving of the wind. 7 Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord; 8 For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways.

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    59And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

    60But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.

    61And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.

  • Luke 18:28-30
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    28And Peter said, See, we have given up what is ours to come after you.

    29And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,

    30Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.

  • Mark 10:28-29
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    28Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.

    29Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,

  • Luke 14:33
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    33And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

  • Mark 13:16
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    16And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.

  • Luke 9:57
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    57And when they were on the way, a certain man said to him, I will come after you wherever you go.

  • Matt 8:21-22
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    21And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

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  • Matt 16:23-24
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    23But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

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  • Matt 10:38-39
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    38And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.

    39He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

  • Luke 14:25-27
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    25Now a great number of people went with him.

    26And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

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

  • Luke 9:23-25
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    23And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.

    24For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.

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

  • Mark 9:47
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    47And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,

  • Mark 9:43
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    43And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

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    21Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.

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    18And let not him who is in the field go back to get his coat.

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    31On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

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    45And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.

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