“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD” (Deuteronomy 6:4).

“Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession” (Psalm 2:8).

“And He said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me” (Luke 9:23).

“And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus” (Acts 4:18).

“Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house” (Mark 6:4).