And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would {no doubt} have continued with us: but {they went out}, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard {this}, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

Now the just shall live by faith: but if {any man} draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, {then} are ye my disciples indeed;

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

For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

And them that are turned back from the LORD; and {those} that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed {them} in the way.

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, {then} are ye my disciples indeed;

Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard {this}, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

And blessed is {he}, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary {food}. {esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up} {my...: or, my appointed portion}

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

So every man of Israel went up from after David, {and} followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants {are ready to do} whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. {appoint: Heb. choose}

But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, {and} doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked {man} doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, {even} these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

And Ittai answered the king, and said, {As} the LORD liveth, and {as} my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.

But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. {I thought: Heb. I said} {I thought...: or, I said with myself, He will surely come out, etc: Heb. I said} {strike: Heb. move up and down}

And when all Israel {saw} that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and {we have} none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: {and} now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

These also {shall be} unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,

He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.