Luke 14:32
Or else, while the other is noch (yet) far away, he sends an embassy delegation and seeks terms for shalom.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
33So, then, none of you can become my talmid if you do not renounce all your [idolatrous] holdings.
Cross References
1 Kings 20:31And his avadim said unto him, Hinei now, we have heard that the melachim of Bais Yisroel are malkhei chesed; let us, now, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the Melech Yisroel; perhaps he will save thy nefesh.
Job 40:9Hast thou a zero'a like El? 1 Or canst thou thunder with a kol (voice) like Him? 1
Luke 12:58For as you go with your ish riv (opponent in a lawsuit) to appear before the magistrate, on the derech make an effort to settle with him, lest he drag you to the shofet, and the shofet will hand over you to the shoter, and the shoter will throw you into the beit hasohar.
James 4:6But He gives all the more Chen v'Chesed! Therefore it says, Hashem LALETZIM HU YALITZ V'LA'ANAYIM YITEN CHEN + 4:6 Prov 3:34 ( Hashem opposes the proud mocker but gives grace to the 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 →