Luke 14:33
Just as no one of you who does not detach himself from all that belongs to him can be a disciple of mine.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
32If not, while the other is still a long way off, he sends messengers and sues for peace.
34"Salt is good: but if even the salt has become tasteless, what will you use to season it?
Cross References
Luke 5:28He rose, left everything, and followed Him.
Luke 18:22On receiving this answer Jesus said to him, "There is still one thing wanting in you. Sell everything you possess and give the money to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; and then come, follow me."
Acts 5:1There was a man of the name of Ananias who, with his wife Sapphira, sold some property but,
Philippians 3:7Yet all that was gain to me--for Christ's sake I have reckoned it loss.
1 John 2:15Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart for the Father.
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 →