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Luke 14:18
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Luke 14:18
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18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of land, and I must go out and see it; please accept my regrets.’
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Luke 14:18
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Luke 14:18
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18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
1 Timothy 6:9-10
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1 Timothy 6:9-10
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9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.(A) 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
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1 Timothy 6:9-10
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1 Timothy 6:9-10
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9 Those who want to get rich(A) fall into temptation and a trap(B) and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money(C) is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith(D) and pierced themselves with many griefs.(E)
Luke 18:24
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Luke 18:24
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24 Jesus looked at him[a] and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!(A)
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- 18.24 Other ancient authorities read saw that he had become sad
Luke 18:24
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Luke 18:24
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24 Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!(A)
1 John 2:15-16
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1 John 2:15-16
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15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world,(A) 16 for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.
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1 John 2:15-16
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1 John 2:15-16
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On Not Loving the World
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world.(A) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[a] is not in them.(B) 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(C) the lust of the eyes,(D) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
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- 1 John 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love
2 Timothy 4:4
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2 Timothy 4:4
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4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths.
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2 Timothy 4:4
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2 Timothy 4:4
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4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.(A)
John 5:40
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John 5:40
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40 Yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
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John 5:40
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40 yet you refuse to come to me(A) to have life.
John 1:11
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John 1:11
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11 He came to what was his own,[a] and his own people did not accept him.
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- 1.11 Or to his own home
John 1:11
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John 1:11
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11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.(A)
Luke 17:26-31
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Luke 17:26-31
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26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so, too, it will be in the days of the Son of Man.(A) 27 They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,(B) 29 but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed all of them; 30 it will be like that on the day that the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, anyone on the housetop who has belongings in the house must not come down to take them away, and likewise anyone in the field must not turn back.
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Luke 17:26-31
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Luke 17:26-31
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26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah,(A) so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 “It was the same in the days of Lot.(B) People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.(C) 31 On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything.(D)
Luke 8:14
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Luke 8:14
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14 As for what fell among the thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
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Luke 8:14
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14 The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches(A) and pleasures, and they do not mature.
Jeremiah 5:4-5
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Jeremiah 5:4-5
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4 Then I said, “These are only the poor;
they have no sense,
for they do not know the way of the Lord,
the law of their God.(A)
5 Let me go to the rich[a]
and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
the law of their God.”
But they all alike had broken the yoke;
they had burst the bonds.(B)
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- 5.5 Or the great
Jeremiah 5:4-5
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Jeremiah 5:4-5
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4 I thought, “These are only the poor;
they are foolish,(A)
for they do not know(B) the way of the Lord,
the requirements of their God.
5 So I will go to the leaders(C)
and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
the requirements of their God.”
But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke
and torn off the bonds.(D)
Isaiah 29:11-12
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Isaiah 29:11-12
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11 The vision of all this has become for you like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to those who can read with the command, “Read this,” they say, “We cannot, for it is sealed.”(A) 12 And if it is given to those who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” they say, “We cannot read.”
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Isaiah 29:11-12
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Isaiah 29:11-12
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11 For you this whole vision(A) is nothing but words sealed(B) in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.” 12 Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I don’t know how to read.”
Isaiah 28:12-13
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Isaiah 28:12-13
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12 to whom he has said,
“This is rest;
give rest to the weary,
and this is repose,”
yet they would not hear.(A)
13 Therefore the word of the Lord will be to them,
“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little,”[a]
in order that they may go and fall backward
and be broken and snared and taken.(B)
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- 28.13 Meaning of Heb of this verse uncertain
Isaiah 28:12-13
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Isaiah 28:12-13
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12 to whom he said,
“This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;(A)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
but they would not listen.
13 So then, the word of the Lord to them will become:
Do this, do that,
a rule for this, a rule for that;
a little here, a little there(B)—
so that as they go they will fall backward;
they will be injured(C) and snared and captured.(D)
Hebrews 12:16
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Hebrews 12:16
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16 See to it that no one becomes an immoral and godless person, as Esau was, who sold his birthright for a single meal.(A)
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Hebrews 12:16
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Hebrews 12:16
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16 See that no one is sexually immoral,(A) or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son.(B)
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