Luke 14:35
It is fit for neither the earth, nor the dunghill. They cast it away. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
34Salt is a good thing: but if the salt itself hath become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted?
Cross References
Matthew 13:9He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Luke 9:44Lay up these words in your minds: for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men.
Revelation 2:7He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him who is victorious, will I give to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of my God.
Revelation 2:17He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that is victorious, will I give to eat of the hidden manna; and I will give him a white counter, and upon the counter a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.
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 →