¹⁴ Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth ^(A)clung to her.

^66 (A)From that time many of His disciples went ^[a]back and walked with Him no more. ⁶⁷ Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”

⁶⁸ But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(B)the words of eternal life. ^69 (C)Also we have come to believe and know that You are the ^[b]Christ, the Son of the living God.”

²² But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

Take Up the Cross and Follow Him^(A)

^24 (B)Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and ^(C)follow Me.

^37 (A)He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

³⁹ But we are not of those ^(A)who draw back to ^[a]perdition, but of those who ^(B)believe to the saving of the soul.

²³ “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘In those days ten men ^(A)from every language of the nations shall ^(B)grasp the ^[a]sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard ^(C)that God is with you.” ’ ”

Mercy on Jacob

14 For the Lord ^(A)will have mercy on Jacob, and ^(B)will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. ^(C)The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.