Luke 14:33
Thus, therefore, everyone from amongst you, who doth not bid adieu unto all his own possessions, cannot be my disciple.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
Cross References
Luke 5:28And, forsaking all, he arose, and was following him.
Luke 18:22And Jesus, hearing, said unto him—Yet one thing, unto thee, is lacking: Whatsoever thou hast, sell, and distribute unto the destitute,—and thou shalt have treasure in [the] heavens; and come! be following me.
Acts 5:1But, a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
Philippians 3:7But, whatever things, unto me, were gain, the same, have I accounted, for the Christ’s sake, loss;
1 John 2:15Be not loving the world, nor yet the things that are in the world: if anyone be loving 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 →