Luke 14:33
So then, whoever of you forsakes not all that he has can not be my disciple.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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
32Else, while he is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy, and desires conditions of peace.
34Salt therefore is good; but if even the salt has become tasteless, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
Cross References
Luke 5:28And leaving all, he arose and followed him.
Luke 18:22And Jesus hearing it said to him: Yet lackest thou one thing; sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt 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 what things were gain to me, these I have accounted loss for Christ.
1 John 2:15Love not the world, neither the things in the world. If any one 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 →