Luke 14:33
Therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all that he possesses is not able to be my disciple.
Catholic Public Domain 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
34Salt is good. But if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be seasoned?
Cross References
Luke 5:28And leaving behind everything, rising up, he followed him.
Luke 18:22And when Jesus heard this, he said to him: “One thing is still lacking for you. Sell all the things that you have, and give to the poor. And then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.”
Acts 5:1But a certain man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a field,
Philippians 3:7But the things which had been to my gain, the same have I considered a loss, for the sake of Christ.
1 John 2:15Do not choose to love the world, nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the charity 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 →