Luke 14:27

And he that doth not take up his cross and come after me, cannot become a disciple to me.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

In Context

26He that cometh to me, and hateth not his father and his mother, and his brothers and his sisters, and his wife and his children, and his own life also, cannot become a disciple to me.

28For, which of you, wishing to build a tower, doth not first sit down and compute the expense, whether he have the means to complete it?

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Cross References

Matthew 13:21Yet hath he no root in him, but is of short duration, and when there is trouble or persecution on account of the word, he soon stumbleth.

Mark 8:34And Jesus called the multitude, together with his disciples, and said to them: Whoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and come after me.

Mark 15:21And they compelled a passer-by, Simon the Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming from the fields, to bear his cross.

John 19:17bearing his cross, to a place called a Skull, and in Hebrew called Golgotha;

2 Timothy 1:12Therefore I suffer these things: and I am not ashamed; for I know in whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is competent to keep for me my deposit against 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 →

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