After that, many of his disciples drew back and would not associate with him any longer.
Jesus said to him, "No one is any use to the Reign of God who puts his hand to the plough and then looks behind him."
They withdrew from us, but they did not belong to us; had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us, but they withdrew to make it plain that they are none of us.
Meantime my just man shall live on by his faith; if he shrinks back, my soul takes no delight in him.
Now many of his disciples, on hearing it, said, "This is hard to take in! Who can listen to talk like this?"
for Demas, in his love for this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens is off to Gaul, Titus to Dalmatia,
So Jesus addressed the Jews who had believed him, saying, "If you abide by what I say, you are really disciples of mine:
You are aware that all the Asiatics have discarded me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
When the young man heard that, he went sadly away, for he had great possessions.
And yet there are some of you who do not believe" (for Jesus knew from the very first who the unbelieving were, and who was to betray him;
and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
so his brothers said to him, "Leave this and go across into Judaea, to let your disciples witness what you can do;