Matthew 13:20-21
By the seed which was sown on rocky places is meant the man who hears the Message, and at once accepts it joyfully;
Luke 14:26-33
"If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no disciple of mine.
Luke 24:28
When they got near the village to which they were walking, Jesus appeared to be going further;
Hebrews 10:38
And through faith the Righteous man shall find his Life, But, if a man draws back, my heart can find no pleasure in him.'
1 John 2:19
From us, it is true, they went out, but they had never belonged to us; for, if they had belonged to us, they would have remained among us. They left us that it might be made clear that they do not, any of them, belong to us.