So therefore, every one of you who does not say ‘goodbye’ to everything he owns cannot be my disciple.
So, Matthew gave up everything, got up and followed Jesus.
“If anyone comes to me [i.e., to be my disciple], and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers and sisters and, yes, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
And when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed Jesus.
for Demas loved this world and [so] has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.
Or maybe, while the enemy is still a long way off, he will send representatives to ask for peace terms.
He considered suffering ridicule for Christ’s sake to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking forward to his reward.