Luke 14:33
So, then, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has, can not be my disciple.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 yet at a distance, he sends an embassy, and asks for conditions of peace.
34Salt is good; but if the salt become tasteless, by what means shall it become salt again?
Cross References
Luke 5:28And leaving all, he arose and followed him.
Luke 18:22When Jesus heard this, he said to him: One thing you yet lack; sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Acts 5:1But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
Philippians 3:7But the things which were gain to me, these I counted loss for Christ.
1 John 2:15Love not the world, nor the things that are 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 →