“So, then, everyone of you who does not give up all that he has, is unable to be My taught one.
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and his own life too, he is unable to be My taught one.
“And if not, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.
And having brought the boats to land, they left all and followed Him.
And he, having left all, rose up and followed Him.
for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and went to Thessalonike, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
deeming the reproach of Messiah greater riches than the treasures in Mitsrayim, for he was looking to the reward.