Luke 14:23-33

23 "And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

24 'For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.' "

Discipleship Tested

25 Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to them,

26 "¹If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot * be My disciple.

27 "Whoever does not ²carry his own cross and come after Me cannot * be My disciple.

28 "For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

29 "Otherwise *, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,

30 saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'

31 "Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and ³consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

32 "Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

33 "So then, none * of you can be My disciple who ⁴does not give up all his own possessions.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 10:37
• 2. Matthew 10:38; Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23
• 3. Proverbs 20:18
• 4. Philippians 3:7; Hebrews 11:26

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "many"
• [b]. I.e. by comparison of his love for Me
• [c]. Or "an embassy"