Quotes About Commitment

Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.

And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

You have heard that it was said, ëDo not commit adultery.í

It has also been said, ëWhoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.í

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ëDo not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.í

But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is Godís throne;

Simply let your ëYesí be ëYes,í and your ëNo,í ëNo.í Anything more comes from the evil one.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Many will say to Me on that day, ëLord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?í

And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.

But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.

Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

For I have come to turn ëa man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”

He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.