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Luke 14:27
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And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot* be my disciple.
Luke 14:27 Meaning and Commentary
Luke 14:27
Whosoever doth not bear his cross
All reproach, afflictions, persecutions, and death itself, cheerfully and patiently; the Ethiopic version renders it, "of his death the cross"; it signifies whatever is trying and disagreeable to flesh and blood:
and come after me;
bearing his cross; as Christ himself was about to do, and which doubtless he had in view;
cannot be my disciple;
he is not so in reality, nor does he deserve the name.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Luke 14:27 In-Context
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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