Luke 14:33
“So likewise, any of you who does not renounce all his own possessions cannot be my disciple.
Family 35 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 the other is still far away he sends a delegation and asks for terms for peace.
34Salt is good; but should the salt become insipid, with what can it be seasoned?
Cross References
Luke 5:28So leaving everything he got up and followed Him.
Luke 18:22Well upon hearing these things Jesus said to him, “You still lack one thing: sell all you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
Acts 5:1Now a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession
Philippians 3:7But such things as were gain to me, these I have considered loss for the sake of the Christ.
1 John 2:15Do not love the world, neither the things in the world; if anyone loves the world, the Father's love 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 →