Luke 14:18

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And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

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Proverbs 1:30

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Was John's authority to baptize from heaven or from humans?"

to whom he said, "This is the resting place, so give rest to the weary"' and, "This is the place of repose" - but they would not listen.

"And this entire vision has become for you like the words of a sealed book. When people give it to someone who can read, and say, "Read this, please,' he answers, "I cannot, because it is sealed.'

Then I said, "These are only the poor, they're foolish, for they don't know the LORD's way, the requirement of their God.

To whom will I speak and give a warning so they'll listen? Look, their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. Look, this message from the LORD is contemptible to them; they don't delight in it.

But they paid no attention to this and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

He came to his own creation, yet his own people did not receive him.

But you are not willing to come to me to have life.

But when the Jewish leaders saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to object to the statements made by Paul and even to abuse him.

But when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself entirely to the word as he emphatically assured the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

They disagreed with one another as they were leaving, so Paul added this statement: "The Holy Spirit was so right when he spoke to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah!

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The ones that fell among the thorn bushes are the people who listen, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries, wealth, and pleasures of life, and their fruit doesn't mature.

"Just as it was in Noah's time, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

So when Jesus saw how sad he was, he said, "How hard it is for rich people to get into the kingdom of God!

In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.

But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin.

They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn to myths.

No one should be immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

Stop loving the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father's love is not in him.

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they did not want my advice, and they rejected all my correction.