Luke 14:33
So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
In Context
32And if not, while he is still far off, having sent a delegation, he asks the things about peace.
34The salt material is good, but if the salt material becomes tasteless, by what will it be seasoned?
Cross References
Luke 5:28And after leaving behind all, having risen up, he followed him.
Luke 18:22And when he heard these things, Jesus said to him, Yet one thing is lacking from thee. Sell all things, as many as thou have, and distribute to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.
Acts 5:1But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold property,
Philippians 3:7But whatever was gain to me, these things I regarded loss because of the Christ.
1 John 2:15Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:26-35
The Necessity of Self-denial. 25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after… Read the whole commentary →