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Luke 14:33
In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
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Luke 14:26
“ If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters— yes, and even his own life— he cannot be my disciple.
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Matthew 16:26
For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?
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Proverbs 13:8
Riches are a ransom for a person’s life, but a poor person hears no threat.
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Matthew 13:44-46
“ The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.“ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.When he found one priceless pearl, he went and sold everything he had and bought it.
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Galatians 2:15-16
We are Jews by birth and not“ Gentile sinners,”and yet because we know that a person is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus. This was so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will be justified.
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Luke 17:31-33
On that day, a man on the housetop, whose belongings are in the house, must not come down to get them. Likewise the man who is in the field must not turn back.Remember Lot’s wife!Whoever tries to make his life secure will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
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Genesis 19:17
As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them said,“ Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
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Genesis 19:26
But Lot’s wife looked back and became a pillar of salt.
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Galatians 5:2-5
Take note! I, Paul, am telling you that if you get yourselves circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at all.Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to do the entire law.You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.For we eagerly await through the Spirit, by faith, the hope of righteousness.
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Acts 27:18-19
Because we were being severely battered by the storm, they began to jettison the cargo the next day.On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
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Acts 27:38
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the grain overboard into the sea.
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Philippians 3:4-6
although I have reasons for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee;regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.
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Philippians 3:8-10
More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christand be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ— the righteousness from God based on faith.My goal is to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,
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Luke 16:8
“ The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age are more shrewd than the children of light in dealing with their own people.
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Job 2:4
“ Skin for skin!” Satan answered the LORD.“ A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.
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Proverbs 23:23
Buy— and do not sell— truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.