Quotes About Commitment

Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”

Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

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

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

Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

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

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

Still another said, ëI have married a wife, so I cannot come.í

ëSir,í the servant replied, ëwhat you ordered has been done, and there is still room.í

For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.í”

Large crowds were now traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

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

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?

Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

saying, ëThis man could not finish what he started to build.í

In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.

Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.