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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 14:1-35

Nothing escaped the notice of Jesus. He saw the guests in the house, and their method of procedure in seeking the chief seats. As He watched, He enunciated two great truths of social application. First, He criticized those seeking precedence; and, second, He criticized a hospitality which was extended in the hope of recompense. One of the guests, moved by the word of the Master, exclaimed, "Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the Kingdom of God." In the parable that followed, the Lord... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:1-35

Jesus Teaches Concerning Greed, Stewardship and the Need For Fruitfulness Under The Kingly Rule of God Centring on the Fact That He Will Make The Crooked Straight (12:1-14:35). As we have seen we may analyse this next Section from Luke 12:1 to Luke 14:35 into its separate parts as follows: a Instructions to disciples concerning facing up to eternity (Luke 12:1-12). b An example is given of covetousness concerning an inheritance which is followed by the parable of the fool who decided to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:25-35

The Call To Discipleship (14:25-35). Luke closes this section off as he opened it by showing Jesus as challenging His disciples and His would be disciples to consider what was involved in what they were setting out to do. He wanted them to recognise fully what was involved. His challenge to put Him before their own families is a reminder of the division that His coming could cause within families (Luke 12:51-53; compare Luke 8:19-21). His call for them to bear their crosses was a reminder of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:27

“Whoever does not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.” The second cost is with regard to manner of life. The idea here has already been dealt with in Luke 10:23-27. A man who would follow Jesus must be like a man who bears his cross on the way to execution. He leaves his past behind never to be enjoyed again. He follows Jesus wherever it may lead, even in the pathway of suffering and, if necessary, death. He renounces all his past life. He dies to himself. He is... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:25-35

Luke 14:25-Habakkuk : . Discipleship and its Cost.— The passage is a reminder that, despite the universality of the Kingdom, the number of its true subjects is small. To the crowd that is following Him Jesus applies a stringent and sifting test. Few after all will reach the Messianic banquet, and only then after much tribulation. The saying of Luke 14:26 f. is in a harder form than Matthew 10:37 f., and it is better to think that Mt. has softened it than for us to do so here. Such... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 14:25-27

We met with much the same Matthew 10:37,Matthew 10:38. The sum of the words is, That no man can be a true disciple of Christ, that giveth any friend, or any thing, a preference to Christ in the affections of his heart. Christ must be loved above all. It appeareth that the words must not be interpreted rigidly, for then they would oblige us to a thing, 1. Impossible in nature: for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, Ephesians 5:29. Yet life is one of the things... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 14:25-35

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 14:25. There went with Him.—I.e., journeyed with Him; many, if not most, of them being on their way to one of the feasts in Jerusalem. The multitudes were attracted by Christ’s teaching and works, and He wished to teach His followers the wide difference between an outward and a real adhesion to Him. He spoke these stern words to sift the multitude. The purpose of self-sacrifice by which He was inspired lent force to His utterances. “The nearer the approach of His own... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 14:1-35

Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the gospel according to Luke, chapter 14.The fourteenth chapter involves an invitation for Jesus to come to a supper on the Sabbath day and of the things that transpired at that supper, and the subsequent exchange between Jesus and the people as Jesus talked to them concerning etiquette and concerning the demands of the kingdom.So it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him (... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 14:1-35

Luke 14:3 . Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day. When customs are good, let us keep them; but when they are burthensome and inconsistent, the Saviour refused submission to the traditions of men. Yet he condescended to assign reasons, for we should use great forbearance with misguided men On another occasion he said, My Father works, in the shining of the sun, and I work. Ye also circumcise a son on the sabbath; and if it be lawful for you to wound, why not for me to heal? You help a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 14:27

Luke 14:27And whosoever doth not bear his cross, etcOn taking up the crossChristiani sunt cruciani, says Luther, Christians are cross-bearers.It is in their hearts to bear the cross, whatever it be, whensoever Christ shall require it; and they do actually bear it whenever they are called to it. They do not flinch from it, nor decline it, nor turn from it, by any indirect or unlawful course. I. WHAT IS MEANT BY THE CROSS. 1. The cross includes loss and damage, the greatest losses as well as the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 14:1-35

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:1-35

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:25-35

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:27

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 14:25-35

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 14:25-27

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 14:25-35

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 14:1-35

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 14:1-35

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 14:27

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