Luke 14:33
So, then, everyone of you who does not take leave of all that he himself has, is not able to be My disciple.
Literal Standard 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
32And if not so—he being yet a long way off—having sent a delegation, he asks the things for peace.
34The salt [is] good, but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?
Cross References
Luke 5:28and he, having left all, having arisen, followed Him.
Luke 18:22and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, “Yet one thing to you is lacking: all things—as many as you have—sell, and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven, and come, follow Me”;
Acts 5:1And a certain man, Ananias by name, with his wife Sapphira, sold a possession,
Philippians 3:7But what things were gains to me, these I have counted loss, because of the Christ;
1 John 2:15Do not love the world, nor the things in the world; if anyone 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 →