Luke 5:11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him. A Karen woman offered herself for baptism. After the usual examination, I inquired whether she could give up her ornaments for Christ. It was an unexpected blow. I explained the spirit of the gospel. I appealed to her own consciousness of vanity. I read to her the apostle's prohibition (1 Timothy 2:9). She looked again and again at her handsome necklace, and then, with an air of modest decision, she took it off, saying, "I love Christ more than this." (Dr. Judson.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.WEB: When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him. |
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