Luke 9:62

Geneva Bible (1560)

And Iesus saide vnto him, No man that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh backe, is apt to the kingdome of God.

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  • Phil 3:13 : 13 Brethren, I count not my selfe, that I haue attained to it, but one thing I doe: I forget that which is behinde, and endeuour my selfe vnto that which is before,
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 Nowe the iust shall liue by faith: but if any withdrawe himselfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him.
  • 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if they, after they haue escaped from the filthinesse of the world, through the acknowledging of the Lorde, and of the Sauiour Iesus Christ, are yet tangled againe therein, and ouercome, the latter ende is worse with them then the beginning. 21 For it had bene better for them, not to haue acknowledged the way of righteousnes, then after they haue acknowledged it, to turne from the holy commaundement giuen vnto them. 22 But it is come vnto them, according to the true Prouerbe, The dogge is returned to his owne vomit: and, The sowe that was washed, to the wallowing in the myre.
  • Ps 78:8-9 : 8 And not to bee as their fathers, a disobedient & rebellious generation: a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirite was not faithfull vnto God. 9 The children of Ephraim being armed and shooting with the bowe, turned backe in the day of battell.
  • Luke 17:31-32 : 31 At that day hee that is vpon the house, and his stuffe in ye house, let him not come downe to take it out: and he that is in the fielde likewise, let him not turne backe to that he left behinde. 32 Remember Lots wife.
  • Acts 15:37-38 : 37 And Barnabas counselled to take with them Iohn, called Marke. 38 But Paul thought it not meete to take him vnto their companie, which departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the worke.
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, and hath embraced this present world, & is departed vnto Thessalonica. Crescens is gone to Galatia, Titus vnto Dalmatia.
  • Jas 1:6-8 : 6 But let him aske in faith, and wauer not: for hee that wauereth, is like a waue of the sea, tost of the winde, and caried away. 7 Neither let that man thinke that hee shall receiue any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is vnstable in all his waies.

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    59But he said vnto another, Followe me; the same said, Lord, suffer me first to goe and burie my father.

    60And Iesus said vnto him, Let the dead burie their dead: but go thou, and preache the kingdome of God.

    61Then another saide, I will followe thee, Lord: but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at mine house.

  • Luke 18:28-30
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    28Then Peter said, Loe, we haue left all, and haue followed thee.

    29And he said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children for the kingdome of Gods sake,

    30Which shall not receiue much more in this world, and in the world to come life euerlasting.

  • Mark 10:28-29
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    28Then Peter began to say vnto him, Loe, we haue forsaken all, & haue folowed thee.

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  • Luke 14:33
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    33So likewise, whosoeuer hee be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

  • Mark 13:16
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    16And let him that is in the fielde, not turne backe againe to take his garment.

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    57And it came to passe that as they went in the way, a certaine man said vnto him, I will followe thee, Lord, whithersoeuer thou goest.

  • Matt 8:21-22
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    21And another of his disciples saide vnto him, Master, suffer me first to goe, and burie my father.

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  • Matt 16:23-24
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    23Then he turned backe, and said vnto Peter, Get thee behinde me, Satan: thou art an offence vnto me, because thou vnderstandest not the thinges that are of God, but the thinges that are of men.

    24Iesus then saide to his disciples, If any man will follow me, let him forsake himselfe: and take vp his crosse, and followe me.

  • Matt 10:38-39
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    38And hee that taketh not his crosse, and followeth after me, is not worthie of me.

    39He that will finde his life, shall lose it: & he that loseth his life for my sake, shal finde it.

  • Luke 14:25-27
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    25Nowe there went great multitudes with him, and he turned and sayd vnto them,

    26If any man come to mee, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters: yea, and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple.

    27And whosoeuer beareth not his crosse, and commeth after mee, can not bee my disciple.

  • Luke 9:23-25
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    23And he sayd to them all, If any man will come after me, let him denie himselfe, & take vp his crosse dayly, and followe me.

    24For whosoeuer will saue his life, shal lose it: and whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall saue it.

    25For what auantageth it a man, if he win the whole worlde, and destroy himselfe, or lose himselfe?

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    43Wherefore, if thine hand cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life, maimed, then hauing two hands, to goe into hell, into the fire that neuer shalbe quenched,

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    8Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foote cause thee to offend, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life, halt, or maimed, then hauing two hands, or two feete, to be cast into euerlasting fire.

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    18And he that is in the fielde, let not him returne backe to fetch his clothes.

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