Luke 14:33
In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
Majority Standard Bible
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 the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
Cross References
Luke 5:28and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.
Luke 18:22On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Acts 5:1Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
Philippians 3:7But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
1 John 2:15Do not love the world or anything 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 →