Mark 10:29

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Jesus 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,

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  • Gen 12:1-3 : 1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide: 2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing: 3 To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
  • Mark 8:35 : 35 Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.
  • Rev 2:3 : 3 And you have the power of waiting, and have undergone trouble because of my name, without weariness.
  • 1 Cor 9:23 : 23 And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.
  • Heb 11:24-26 : 24 By faith Moses, when he became a man, had no desire to be named the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin; 26 Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.
  • Luke 22:28-30 : 28 But you are those who have kept with me through my troubles; 29 And I will give you a kingdom as my Father has given one to me, 30 So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  • Gen 45:20 : 20 And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.
  • Deut 33:9-9 : 9 Who said of his father, Who is he? and of his mother, I have not seen her; he kept himself separate from his brothers and had no knowledge of his children: for they have given ear to your word and kept your agreement. 10 They will be the teachers of your decisions to Jacob and of your law to Israel: the burning of perfumes before you will be their right, and the ordering of burned offerings on your altar. 11 Let your blessing, O Lord, be on his substance, may the work of his hands be pleasing to you: may those who take up arms against him and all who have hate for him, be wounded through the heart, never to be lifted up again.
  • Matt 5:10-11 : 10 Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs. 11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
  • Matt 10:18 : 18 And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

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

    29 And 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,

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

  • Matt 19:29-30
    2 verses
    89%

    29 And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.

    30 But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.

  • Mark 10:30-31
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    82%

    30 Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.

    31 But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.

  • Mark 10:28
    82%

    28 Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.

  • Luke 14:25-27
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    78%

    25 Now a great number of people went with him.

    26 And 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.

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

  • Matt 10:35-39
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    78%

    35 For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:

    36 And a man will be hated by those of his house.

    37 He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

    38 And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.

    39 He 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 14:33
    76%

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

  • Matt 19:27
    76%

    27 Then Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything and have come after you; what then will we have?

  • Luke 9:61-62
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    75%

    61 And 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.

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

  • Mark 8:35
    72%

    35 Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

  • Matt 19:10
    72%

    10 The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

  • Luke 9:23-25
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    23 And 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.

    24 For 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.

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

  • Matt 10:21-23
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    71%

    21 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

    22 And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

    23 But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

  • Mark 5:37
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    37 And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

  • Mark 10:7
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    7 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

  • Luke 5:11
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    11 And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.

  • Matt 16:24-26
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    24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.

    25 Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

    26 For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

  • Matt 12:50
    71%

    50 For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

  • Mark 3:33
    70%

    33 And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?

  • Luke 5:28
    70%

    28 And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.

  • Matt 12:48
    70%

    48 But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers?

  • Mark 10:21-22
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    69%

    21 And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

    22 But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much property.

  • Luke 9:59
    69%

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

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

  • Mark 10:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10 And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.

    11 And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;

  • Mark 3:35
    69%

    35 Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

  • Luke 14:20
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    20 And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.

  • Luke 9:4
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    4 And if you go into a house, let that house be your resting-place till you go away.

  • Mark 13:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

    13 And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

  • Mark 13:16
    69%

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