KJV King James Version
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 14:33
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
WEB World English Bible
So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
ASV American Standard Version
So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.
Surrounding context — Luke 14
30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
34 Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; [but] men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΟὕτωςG3779 · ohutō, ohutōsthus(-ly)οὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenπᾶςG3956 · pasallἐξG1537 · ekout fromὑμῶνG4771 · suyouὃςG3739 · hos, hēwhichοὐκG3756 · ounoἀποτάσσεταιG657 · apotassōto leaveπᾶσινG3956 · pasallτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἑαυτοῦG1438 · heautouthemselfὑπάρχουσιν,G5225 · huparchōbe alreadyοὐG3756 · ounoδύναταιG1410 · dunamaibe ableεἶναίG1511 · einaito existμουG3165 · memeμαθητής.¶G3101 · mathētēsdisciple
Cross-references
Philippians 3:7-8But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.1 John 2:15-16Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.Luke 5:28And he left all, rose up, and followed him.Luke 14:26If 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.Luke 18:28-30Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.Luke 18:22-23Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.Luke 5:11And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.Acts 5:1-5But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,Acts 8:19-22Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.2 Timothy 4:10For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
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