So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.
“Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.
If he cannot, then while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace.
When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.
And he got up, left everything, and followed him.
for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
He considered abuse suffered for the Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward.