Luke 14:33
And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.
Bible in Basic English
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
34For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?
Cross References
Luke 5:28And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.
Luke 18:22And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.
Acts 5:1But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, got money for his property,
Philippians 3:7But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.
1 John 2:15Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for 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 →