Luke 14:25-33
New American Standard Bible
Discipleship Tested
25 Now [a]large crowds were going along with Him, and He turned and said to them, 26 “(A)If anyone comes to Me and does not [b]hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. 27 Whoever does not (B)carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 28 For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who are watching it will begin to ridicule him, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build, and was not able to finish!’ 31 Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and (C)consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 Otherwise, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and requests terms of peace. 33 So then, none of you can be My disciple who (D)does not [c]give up all his own possessions.
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- Luke 14:25 Lit many
- Luke 14:26 I.e., in comparison to his love for Me
- Luke 14:33 Or renounce
Luke 14:25-33
Lexham English Bible
The Cost of Discipleship
25 Now large crowds were going along with him, and he turned around and[a] said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, he cannot be[b] my disciple. 27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow[c] me cannot be[d] my disciple. 28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down and[e] calculate the cost to see if he has enough[f] to complete it?[g] 29 Otherwise[h] after[i] he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it,[j] all who see it[k] will begin to ridicule him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’ 31 Or what king, going out to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first and[l] deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand. 32 But if not, while[m] the other is still far away, he sends an ambassador and[n] asks for terms of[o] peace. 33 In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all his own possessions cannot be[p] my disciple.
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- Luke 14:25 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“turned around”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Luke 14:26 Literally “he is not able to be”
- Luke 14:27 Literally “come after”
- Luke 14:27 Literally “is not able to be”
- Luke 14:28 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“sit down”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Luke 14:28 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 14:28 Literally “for completion”
- Luke 14:29 Literally “so that lest”
- Luke 14:29 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“has laid”)
- Luke 14:29 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 14:29 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 14:31 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“sit down”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Luke 14:32 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“is”)
- Luke 14:32 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“asks”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Luke 14:32 Literally “the things with reference to”
- Luke 14:33 Literally “is not able to be”
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