Luke 14:27 ESV

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 14:27

14:27 {6} And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.(6) The true followers of Christ must at once build and fight, and therefore be ready and prepared to endure all types of miseries. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:1-35

EATING IN THE PHARISEE'S HOUSE (vs.1-14) This chapter shows the heart of God in seeking man, yet also man in thorough contrast and opposition to God. One of the chief Pharisees invited the Lord Jesus to his house for a meal, evidently not out of affection, but to find occasion for criticism, for "they watched Him." Yet the Lord did not refuse: He would genuinely seek the good of man, whether criticized or not. We may wonder if perhaps the Pharisee had invited the man with dropsy (edema) as a... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Luke 14:1-35

PARABLES OF GRACE THE SELFISH GUEST (Luke 14:1-14 ) We pass over verses 1-6 which set forth the occasion for the first parable. The lesson from this first parable is, that if in natural things such selfishness was unbecoming, how much more on the spiritual plane? (Compare 1 Peter 5:5-6 ; Isaiah 57:15 .) THE GREAT SUPPER (Luke 14:15-24 ) This was spoken on the same occasion as the other and in response to the remark of Luke 14:15 . Christ had spoken of reward at “the resurrection of the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Luke 14:1-35

Out of Place Luk 14:7-11 There is a fitness of things. We all know it. We feel it, though we may not be able to explain it in words. There is an instinctive judgment about proportion, and social rightness, and personal action. There is a regularity in irregularity. Life is not so tumultuous as it seems. If we could see the action of all the lines of life we should see that beneath all the tumult and uproar, all the eccentricity and irregularity, there is a steady line, direct, inevitable,... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Luke 14:27-35

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:25-35

25-35 Though the disciples of Christ are not all crucified, yet they all bear their cross, and must bear it in the way of duty. Jesus bids them count upon it, and then consider of it. Our Saviour explains this by two similitudes; the former showing that we must consider the expenses of our religion; the latter, that we must consider the perils of it. Sit down and count the cost; consider it will cost the mortifying of sin, even the most beloved lusts. The proudest and most daring sinner cannot... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Luke 14:1-99

Luke 14 IN THE CLOSING verses of the previous chapter the Lord accepted His rejection and foretold its results for Jerusalem; yet He did not cease His activities in grace nor His teachings of grace, as the opening part of this chapter shows. The Pharisees wished to use their law of the sabbath as a cord wherewith to tie up His hands of mercy and restrain them from action. He broke their rope and showed that He would at least have as much mercy on the afflicted man as they were accustomed to... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 14:25-27

The Obligations of Christ's Discipleship. Bearing the cross: v. 25. And there went great multitudes with Him; and He turned and said unto them, v. 26. If 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. v. 27. And whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. When Jesus left the house of the Pharisee to continue His journey, there followed Him, as... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 14:25-35

H. The Son of Man opening His Mouth in Parables. Luke 14:25 to Luke 17:101. The Address to the People (Luke 14:25-35)25And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, 27and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Andwhosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28For which of you, intending to build a tower,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 14:25-35

the Cost of Discipleship Luke 14:25-35 Here we have our Lord’s use of the winnowing-fan. Amid the teeming crowds He knew that there were many light and superficial souls who had not realized the cost involved in discipleship. Mark the thrice-repeated words- cannot be my disciple. Our love must be greater than the ties of family affection, Luke 14:26 ; must be greater than our love for our own way, which must be nailed to the Cross, Luke 14:27 ; must be greater than our love of possessions... read more