As it is written, “I chose Jacob instead of Esau.”
Anyone who loves their life will lose it, but anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it and gain eternal life.
“Anyone who comes to me but doesn’t love me more than their father and mother, their wife and children, their brothers and sisters, and even their own life can’t be my disciple.
“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. Anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Haven’t you read what this part of Scripture says? “ ‘The stone that the builders didn’t accept has become the most important stone of all.
