Luke 14:33
So then, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
Text-Critical English NT
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
34“Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, with what shall it be seasoned?
Cross References
Luke 5:28and leaving everything behind, Levi rose and followed him.
Luke 18:22When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing yoʋ still lack: Sell everything yoʋ have and distribute the money to the poor, and yoʋ will have treasure in heaven; then come follow me.”
Acts 5:1Now a man named Ananias, along with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property
Philippians 3:7But whatever was gain to me I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
1 John 2:15Do not love the world or 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 →