Luke 14:32
If he can't, he'll send representatives to ask for peace while the other king is still a long way off.
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33In the same way every one of you who doesn't give up everything can't be my disciple.
Cross References
1 Kings 20:31Ben-hadad's officers said to him, “Look, we've heard that the Israelite kings are merciful. Let's surrender to the king of Israel, wearing sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads. Maybe he will let you live.”
Job 40:9Are you as powerful as I am? Does your voice thunder like mine?
Luke 12:58As you go with your accuser to the magistrate, on the way you should be working on a settlement. Otherwise you may be dragged before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
James 4:6But God gives us even more grace, as Scripture says: “God is against those who are arrogant, but gives grace to those who are humble.”
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 →