Those things were important to me, but now I think they are worth nothing because of Christ.
After they brought them out of the city, one of the men said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Run to the mountains, or you will be destroyed.”
At that point Lot’s wife looked back. When she did, she became a pillar of salt.
“One skin for another!” Satan answered. “A man will give all he has to save his own life.
The rich may have to pay a ransom for their lives, but the poor will face no such danger.
Learn the truth and never reject it. Get wisdom, self-control, and understanding.
There is a time to look for something and a time to stop looking for it. There is a time to keep things and a time to throw things away.
It is worthless to have the whole world if they lose their souls. They could never pay enough to buy back their souls.
The blind man jumped up, left his coat there, and went to Jesus.
“If anyone comes to me but loves his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters—or even life—more than me, he cannot be my follower.
In the same way, you must give up everything you have to be my follower.
So, the master praised the dishonest manager for being clever. Yes, worldly people are more clever with their own kind than spiritual people are.
When they had eaten all they wanted, they began making the ship lighter by throwing the grain into the sea.
He thought it was better to suffer for the Christ than to have all the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking for God’s reward.