Matthew 13:21
but it takes no real root in him, and he lasts only a little while, and just as soon as suffering and persecution come for the truth's sake, he at once yields and falls.
Matthew 11:6
And happy is the man who finds no cause for stumbling over me."
Matthew 5:10-12
"Blessed are those who suffer persecution for being and doing right, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Matthew 7:22-23
Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, was it not in your name that we prophesied, and in your name that we drove out demons, and in your name that we did many wonder-works?'
Matthew 7:26-27
And anyone who listens to my words and does not practice their teaching, will be like an imprudent man who built his house on sand.
Matthew 10:22
And you will be hated by all men, because you bear my name, but whoever bears up to the end will be saved.
Matthew 10:37-39
Anybody who loves father or mother more than he loves me is not worthy of me,
Matthew 13:6
and when the sun was up they were scorched and dried up, because they had no root.
Matthew 13:57
And so they found a cause for stumbling over Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet never fails to be honored except in his native neighborhood and in his own home." And so
Matthew 16:24-26
Then Jesus said to His disciples: "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put his cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me.
Matthew 24:9-10
At that time they will turn you over to torture, and will murder you, and you will be hated by all the heathen, because you bear my name.
Matthew 24:13
But whoever bears up to the end will be saved.
Matthew 26:31
Then Jesus said to them, "You will all stumble over me tonight, for the Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
Matthew 26:33
Peter answered, "Though all the rest of them stumble over you, I will never do so."
Mark 4:17
but it does not take real root in them, and so they last only a little while; then when trouble or persecution comes on account of the truth, they at once fall by the way.
Mark 8:34-36
Then He called the people to Him along with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say, 'No' to self, put the cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me.
Mark 13:12-13
One brother will turn another over to death, and a father his child, and children will take a stand against their parents and have them put to death.
Luke 8:13
The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away.
Luke 9:23-25
Then He said to them all, "If anyone chooses to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put the cross on his shoulders daily, and continue to follow me.
Luke 14:26-33
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and still more, his own life too, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
Luke 21:12-18
But before all this takes place, people will arrest you and persecute you, and turn you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
John 6:26
Jesus answered them, "I most solemnly say to you, you are looking for me, not because of the wonder-works you saw, but because you ate the loaves and had plenty.
John 6:61-65
But as Jesus naturally knew that His disciples were grumbling about this, He said to them, "Is this shocking to you?
John 6:70-71
Jesus answered them, "Did I not myself select you as the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil."
John 12:25-26
Whoever loves his lower life will lose the higher, but whoever hates his lower life in this world preserves the higher for eternal life.
John 15:5-7
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in union with me and I in union with him will bear abundant fruit, because you cannot do anything cut off from union with me.
Acts 8:21-23
You have no share or part in this matter, for your heart is not sincere in the sight of God.
Romans 2:7
eternal life to those who patiently continue doing good and striving for glory, honor, and immortality,
Galatians 5:6
For in union with Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor lack of it counts for anything; but only faith that is spurred on to action by love.
Galatians 6:12
These men who are trying to force you to let yourselves be circumcised simply want to make a fine outward show, only to keep you from being persecuted for the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision nor the lack of it has any value, but only a new creation.
Ephesians 3:17
and that Christ in His love, through your faith, may make His permanent home in your hearts. You must be deeply rooted, your foundations must be strong,
Philippians 1:6
For I am certain of this very thing, that He who began the good work in you will go on until the day of Jesus Christ to complete it.
2 Timothy 1:15
You know that everyone here who belongs to the Roman province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas has forsaken me because he loved the present world, and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia;
Hebrews 10:35-39
So you must never give up your confident courage, for it holds a rich reward for you.
1 Peter 1:5
who are always guarded by the power of God through faith, in order that you may receive that final salvation which will be ready to be uncovered for you at the last time.
2 Peter 1:8-9
For if you have these qualities and they continue to increase in you, they will make you neither idle nor unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 John 2:19-20
They have gone out from our own number, but they did not really belong to us; for if they had, they would have stayed with us. It was to show that none of those who went out really belonged to us.
Revelation 2:13
"I know where you live, where Satan has his throne. Yet you are clinging to my name and have never renounced your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful martyred witness, who was put to death among you, right where Satan lives,