Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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Luke 17:31
On that day, the person who is on a housetop [Note: This was a flat area where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with its stairway on the outside], whose belongings are [still] in his house, is not to go down and [attempt to] take any of them away. And the person who is in a field [i.e., doing farm work], also is not to return [to his house].
Acts 15:37
Barnabas [agreed, and] wanted to take John Mark [his cousin, See Col. 4:10] with them.
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 10:38
And my [i.e., God's] righteous person will [obtain] life by [his] faith [in God]. But if he turns back [from me], my soul is not pleased with him."
James 1:6
But he should ask in faith, without doubting, because the person who doubts [that he will receive wisdom] is like an ocean wave that is driven and tossed by the wind.
2 Peter 2:20
For if people who have escaped from the defiling practices of the world by coming to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, become tangled up in them again, and are overcome by them, these people are worse off than before they were converted.
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Luke 5:28
So, Matthew gave up everything, got up and followed Jesus.