Jos 24:15, 19, 2Sa 15:19-20, 2Ki 2:2, Luk 14:26-33, 24:28 | ESV | STEP | And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord , choose this day whom you will serve , whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River , or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell . But as for me and my house , we will serve the Lord .

15 ^aAnd if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, ^bchoose this day whom you will serve, whether ^cthe gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or ^dthe gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. ^eBut as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:19

19 But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord, for he is ^fa holy God. He is ^ga jealous God; ^hhe will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

2 Samuel 15:19-20

19 Then the king said to ⁱIttai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home. 20 You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go ^jI know not where? Go back and take your brothers with you, and may the Lord show ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks may the Lord show} steadfast love and faithfulness to you.”

2 Kings 2:2

2 And Elijah said to Elisha, ^l“Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, ^m“As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

Luke 14:26-33

26 ⁿ“If anyone comes to me and ^odoes not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, ^pyes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 ^qWhoever does not ^rbear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not ^sfirst sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not ^tsit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 ^uSo therefore, any one of you who ^vdoes not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Luke 24:28

28 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. ^wHe acted as if he were going farther,