Luke 14:20

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Luke 14:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’

19 Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’

20 Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’

21 The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

22 ‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

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Luke 14:27

And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

Luke 14:28

Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

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Luke 18:30

will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”

1 Corinthians 7:29

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1 Corinthians 7:30

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and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

1 Corinthians 7:33

But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,