Luke 14:27

27 No one who does not carry his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.

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 On His journey vast crowds attended Him, towards whom He turned and said,

26 "If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

27 No one who does not carry his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.

28 "Which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, asking if he has the means to finish it? --

29 lest perhaps, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to finish, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him,