Matthew 13:20-21
He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.
Luke 14:26-33
"If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
Luke 24:28
When they had come near the village to which they were going, He appeared to be going further.
Hebrews 10:38
But it is by faith that My righteous servant shall live; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him."
1 John 2:19
They have gone forth from our midst, but they did not really belong to us; for had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us that it might be manifest that professed believers do not all belong to us.