Luke 14:18
"But they all without exception began to excuse themselves. The first told him, "'I have purchased a piece of land, and must of necessity go and look at it. Pray hold me excused.'
Matthew 22:5-6
"They however gave no heed, but went, one to his home in the country, another to his business;
Matthew 24:38-39
At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah entered the Ark,
Luke 8:14
That which fell among the thorns means those who have heard, but as they go on their way, the Message is stifled by the anxieties, wealth and gaieties of time, and they yield nothing in perfection.
Luke 17:26-31
"And as it was in the time of Noah, so will it also be in the time of the Son of Man.
Luke 18:24
Jesus saw his sorrow, and said, "With how hard a struggle do the possessors of riches ever enter the Kingdom of God!
Luke 20:4-5
"was John's baptism of Heavenly or of human origin?"
John 1:11
He came to the things that were His own, and His own people gave Him no welcome.
John 5:40
and yet you are unwilling to come to me that you may have Life.
Acts 13:45-46
Seeing the crowds, the Jews, filled with angry jealousy, opposed Paul's statements and abused him.
Acts 18:5-6
Now at the time when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was preaching fervently and was solemnly telling the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
Acts 28:25-27
Unable to agree among themselves, they at last left him, but not before Paul had spoken a parting word to them, saying, "Right well did the Holy Spirit say to your forefathers through the Prophet Isaiah:
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But people who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many unwise and pernicious ways which sink mankind in destruction and ruin.
2 Timothy 4:4
and will turn away from listening to the truth and will turn aside to fables.
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas has deserted me--loving, as he does, the present age--and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
Hebrews 12:16
lest there be a fornicator, or an ungodly person like Esau, who, in return for a single meal, parted with the birthright which belonged to him.
1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart for the Father.