Luke 14:18
Then all of them, in the same way, began to excuse themselves [from attending]. The first one said to the host, 'I just bought some land and I need to go out and look it over, so please excuse me [from attending the supper].'
Matthew 22:5-6
But they made fun of it, and went on about their business, one to his farm, another to his store.
Matthew 24:38-39
For in those days before the Flood, people were eating and drinking [i.e., partaking of ordinary meals], men were getting married and women were being given away in marriage [right up] until the day Noah entered the ship.
Luke 8:14
And those people [represented by the seed] that fell among thorns are the ones who have heard [the word], and as they go about their business, they become choked by worry, by money and by worldly pleasures, and produce no mature crop.
Luke 17:26-31
"And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of man.
Luke 18:24
Now Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult [it is] for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!
Luke 20:4-5
was the immersion of John [authorized] from heaven or from men?"
John 1:11
[Then] He came to His own [world, while on earth], but His own [people, the Israelites] did not welcome Him.
John 5:40
But you do not want to come to me [i.e., to believe in me. See verse 38] so that you will have [never ending] life.
Acts 13:45-46
But when the Jews saw the large crowds [gathered to hear the Gospel] they became very jealous and took sharp issue with the things Paul said, and [even] spoke against them.
Acts 18:5-6
But when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia [i.e., from the town of Berea], Paul began devoting his full time to declaring the message to Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
Acts 28:25-27
And when they could not agree among themselves they left, after hearing Paul make this one [important] statement: "The Holy Spirit has spoken truthfully to your forefathers through Isaiah the prophet,
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But those people who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and [spiritual] destruction.
2 Timothy 4:4
They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn their attention to myths.
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas loved this world and [so] has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.
Hebrews 12:16
and that no one becomes immoral or ungodly, like Esau, who sold his right to the firstborn son's inheritance for a single meal.
1 John 2:15-16
You should not love the [godless] world, nor the things [i.e., the materialistic values] that are part of this [present] age. If any person loves the world, a [genuine] love for the Father is not in his heart.