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Luke 14:25-35
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Luke 14:12-24
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Luke 14:25-35
THE COST OF BEING A DISCIPLE - Jan 01, 2000
THE COST OF BEING A DISCIPLE
Key verse: 27
NIV
The Cost of Being a Disciple
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.(A) 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.(B)
28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.(C)
34 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?(D) 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.(E)
“Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”(F)
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ESV
The Cost of Discipleship
25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 (A)“If anyone comes to me and (B)does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, (C)yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 (D)Whoever does not (E)bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not (F)first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not (G)sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 (H)So therefore, any one of you who (I)does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
Salt Without Taste Is Worthless
34 (J)“Salt is good, (K)but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? 35 It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. (L)He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Read full chapterCross references
- Luke 14:26 : ver. 33; Matt. 10:37; [Deut. 33:9]
- Luke 14:26 : ch. 16:13
- Luke 14:26 : John 12:25; Acts 20:24; Rev. 12:11
- Luke 14:27 : ch. 9:23; Matt. 10:38; 16:24; Mark 8:34
- Luke 14:27 : John 19:17
- Luke 14:28 : [Prov. 24:27]
- Luke 14:31 : ver. 28
- Luke 14:33 : [Phil. 3:7]
- Luke 14:33 : [ver. 26; ch. 18:28]
- Luke 14:34 : Mark 9:50
- Luke 14:34 : Matt. 5:13
- Luke 14:35 : See Matt. 11:15
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Prayer: Lord, so many people think that an uncommitted life is a life of freedom. But your word teaches us that a life uncommitted to Jesus is slavery. Help me to challenge the relativism of the times and be your disciple.
One Word: Following Jesus is worth any cost