Luke 14:33
So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has, cannot be my disciple.
Revised King James New Testament
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
32Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation, and asks terms of peace.
34Salt is good: but if it has lost its taste, how shall it be made salty again?
Cross References
Luke 5:28And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
Luke 18:22Now when Jesus heard this, he said to him, You still lack one thing: sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Acts 5:1But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property,
Philippians 3:7But whatever things were gain to me, those I have counted as loss for Christ.
1 John 2:15Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any man 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 →