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Luke 14:26
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Luke 14:26
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26 “(A)If anyone comes to Me and does not [a]hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
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- Luke 14:26 I.e., in comparison to his love for Me
Luke 14:26
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Luke 14:26
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26 “If anyone comes to Me, and does not [a]hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life [in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God]—he cannot be My disciple.
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- Luke 14:26 An exaggerated figure of speech indicating a lesser degree of love, not actual hostility or aversion toward one’s earthly family.
Luke 14:26
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Luke 14:26
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26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.(A)
Luke 14:26
King James Version
Luke 14:26
King James Version
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.
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Luke 14:28
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Luke 14:28
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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?
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Luke 14:28
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Luke 14:28
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28 For which one of you, when he wants to build a watchtower [for his guards], does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to finish it?
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Luke 14:28
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Luke 14:28
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28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?
Luke 14:28
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Luke 14:28
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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?
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Luke 14:29
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Luke 14:29
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29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who are watching it will begin to ridicule him,
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Luke 14:29
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Luke 14:29
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29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is unable to finish [the building], all who see it will begin to ridicule him,
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Luke 14:29
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Luke 14:29
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29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you,
Luke 14:29
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Luke 14:29
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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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Luke 14:31
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Luke 14:31
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31 Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and (A)consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
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Luke 14:31
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Luke 14:31
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31 Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
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Luke 14:31
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Luke 14:31
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31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 14:31
King James Version
Luke 14:31
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31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
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Luke 14:33
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Luke 14:33
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33 So then, none of you can be My disciple who (A)does not [a]give up all his own possessions.
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- Luke 14:33 Or renounce
Luke 14:33
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Luke 14:33
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33 So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not [carefully consider the cost and then for My sake] [a]give up all his own possessions.
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- Luke 14:33 Jesus probably is referring to a willingness and commitment to do so when necessary. Discipleship does not require poverty.
Luke 14:33
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Luke 14:33
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33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.(A)
Luke 14:33
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Luke 14:33
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33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
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Matthew 10:34-37
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Matthew 10:34-37
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34 “(A)Do not think that I came to [a]bring peace on the earth; I did not come to [b]bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to (B)turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36 and (C)a person’s enemies will be the members of his household.
37 “(D)The one who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
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- Matthew 10:34 Lit cast
- Matthew 10:34 Lit cast
Matthew 10:34-37
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Matthew 10:34-37
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34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword [of division between belief and unbelief].(A) 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36 and a man’s enemies will be the members of his [own] household [when one believes and another does not].(B)
37 “[a]He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.(C)
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- Matthew 10:37 Commitment to Jesus takes precedence over all else.
Matthew 10:34-37
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Matthew 10:34-37
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34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn
“‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law(A)—
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’[a](B)
37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.(C)
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- Matthew 10:36 Micah 7:6
Matthew 10:34-37
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Matthew 10:34-37
King James Version
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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Matthew 19:29
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Matthew 19:29
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29 And (A)everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother [a]or children or farms on account of My name, will receive [b]many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.
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- Matthew 19:29 One early ms adds or wife
- Matthew 19:29 One early ms a hundred times
Matthew 19:29
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Matthew 19:29
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29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother [a]or children or farms for My name’s sake will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.
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- Matthew 19:29 One early mss adds or wife.
Matthew 19:29
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Matthew 19:29
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29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[a] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.(A)
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- Matthew 19:29 Some manuscripts do not have or wife.
Matthew 19:29
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Matthew 19:29
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29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
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