Luke 14:33
In the same way every one of you who doesn't give up everything can't be my disciple.
Free Bible 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 it loses its taste, how can you make it salty again?
Cross References
Luke 5:28Levi stood up, left everything, and followed Jesus.
Luke 18:22When Jesus heard this he told the man, “You still lack one thing. Go and sell all you have, give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me!”
Acts 5:1Now a man called Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold some property.
Philippians 3:7But in whatever way such things gained me anything, I count them as a loss for Christ.
1 John 2:15Don't be in love with the world, and don't long for the things of this world. If you love the world, you won't have the Father's love in you.
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 →