Luke 14:33

33 In the [same] way, therefore, every [one] of you who does not renounce all his own possessions {cannot be} my disciple.

Luke 14:33 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 14:33

So likewise whosoever he be of you
Let him be ever so forward to follow me, to make a profession of me and of my Gospel, and to become a disciple of mine:

that forsaketh not all that he hath;
when called to it, relations, friends, possessions, estates, and what not, which is an explanation of ( Luke 14:26 )

he cannot be my disciple;
he is not in fact one, and is not worthy to be called one.

Luke 14:33 In-Context

31 Or what king, going out to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first [and] deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand.

32 But if not, [while] [the other] is still far away, he sends an ambassador [and] asks {for terms of} peace.

33 In the [same] way, therefore, every [one] of you who does not renounce all his own possessions {cannot be} my disciple.

34 "Now salt [is] good, but if salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be made salty?

35 It is usable neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; they throw it out. The one who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "is not able to be"