"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 that ye may put difference between holy and unholy; and between unclean and clean." (Leviticus 10:10)

"But 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).

"Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature" (Colossians 1:15).

"The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts" (Psalm 10:4).