After Jesus said this, many of his followers left him and stopped following him.
and those who turned away from the Lord, and those who quit following the Lord and praying to him for direction.
But when the young man heard this, he left sorrowfully, because he was rich.
Jesus said, “Anyone who begins to plow a field but keeps looking back is of no use in the kingdom of God.”
and Jesus and his followers were also invited to the wedding.
When the followers of Jesus heard this, many of them said, “This teaching is hard. Who can accept it?”
But some of you don’t believe.” (Jesus knew from the beginning who did not believe and who would turn against him.)
So Jesus’ brothers said to him, “You should leave here and go to Judea so your followers there can see the miracles you do.
So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in him, “If you continue to obey my teaching, you are truly my followers.
You know that everyone in Asia has left me, even Phygelus and Hermogenes.
because Demas, who loved this world, left me and went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia, and Titus went to Dalmatia.
Those who are right with me will live by faith. But if they turn back with fear, I will not be pleased with them.”
These enemies of Christ were in our fellowship, but they left us. They never really belonged to us; if they had been a part of us, they would have stayed with us. But they left, and this shows that none of them really belonged to us.