Luke 14:27

27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

Luke 14:27 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 14:27

Whosoever doth not bear his cross
All reproach, afflictions, persecutions, and death itself, cheerfully and patiently; the Ethiopic version renders it, "of his death the cross"; it signifies whatever is trying and disagreeable to flesh and blood:

and come after me;
bearing his cross; as Christ himself was about to do, and which doubtless he had in view;

cannot be my disciple;
he is not so in reality, nor does he deserve the name.

Luke 14:27 In-Context

25 Now a great number of people went with him.

26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

28 For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?

29 For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,