Luke 14:33
So therefore whoever of you who does not renounce all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.
New Heart English Bible
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
34Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
Cross References
Luke 5:28He left everything, and rose up and followed him.
Luke 18:22When Jesus heard it, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."
Acts 5:1But a certain man named Ananias, with Sappirah, his wife, sold a possession,
Philippians 3:7However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.
1 John 2:15Do not love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love 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 →