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Luke 14:27 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. "

Luke 14:27

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25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

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.

27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

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From This Chapter

Luke 14:1

"And 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."

Luke 14:2

"And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy."

Luke 14:3

"And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?"

Luke 14:4

"And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;"

Luke 14:5

"And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?"

Luke 14:6

"And they could not answer him again to these things."

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