Luke 14:27
And whoever does not bear his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 13:21Yet he has no root in himself, but is only temporary. When tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately falls away.
Mark 8:34Then he called the crowd over, along with his disciples, and said to them, “ Whoever wants to be one of my disciples must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Mark 15:21Now a certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the countryside. The soldiers pressed him into service, forcing him to carry Jesus' cross,
John 19:17Carrying his own cross, he went out to a location called the Place of the Skull (which in Hebrew is called Golgotha).
2 Timothy 1:12That is why I am suffering these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.
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 →