Luke 18:29

World English Bible (2000)

He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,

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  • Matt 19:28-30 : 28 Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.
  • Mark 10:29-31 : 29 Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, 30 but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last; and the last first."
  • Luke 14:26-28 : 26 "If anyone comes to me, and doesn't disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple. 27 Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
  • Deut 33:9 : 9 who said of his father, and of his mother, 'I have not seen him;' Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he know his own children: For they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.
  • Matt 10:37-39 : 37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me. 38 He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me. 39 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

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  • 93%

    28Peter began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all, and have followed you."

    29Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,

    30but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.

  • 85%

    29Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

    30But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.

  • 28Peter said, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you."

  • 30who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life."

  • 76%

    25Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,

    26"If anyone comes to me, and doesn't disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.

    27Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.

  • 33So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple.

  • Luke 9:59-62
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    76%

    59He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

    60But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."

    61Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house."

    62But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."

  • 27Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?"

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    37He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.

    38He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me.

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    10His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."

    11But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

  • 37He allowed no one to follow him, except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

  • 5and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'

  • 7For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

  • 20"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'

  • 29There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.

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    34Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.

    35But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

  • Luke 9:23-25
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    23He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

    24For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.

    25For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

  • 11When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

  • 28He left everything, and rose up and followed him.

  • 25Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.

  • 35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

  • 33Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.

  • 22But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

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    24Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

    25For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

  • 18Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.

  • 4Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.

  • 51When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.

  • 16Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

  • 31In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

  • 22They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

  • 11He said, "A certain man had two sons.

  • 57As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."

  • 22When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."

  • 25But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

  • 29But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

  • 18Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.