Luke 14:33
And so with every one of you who does not bid farewell to all he has — he cannot be a disciple of mine.
Twentieth Century 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
Cross References
Luke 5:28Levi left everything and got up and followed him.
Luke 18:22Hearing this, Jesus said to him: “There is one thing still lacking in you; sell everything that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; then come and follow me.”
Acts 5:1There was, however, a man named Ananias, who, with his wife Sapphira, sold some property,
Philippians 3:7But all the things which I once held to be gains I have now, for the Christ’s sake, come to count as loss.
1 John 2:15Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father 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 →