Luke 14:26
New King James Version
26 (A)“If anyone comes to Me (B)and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, (C)yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
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Luke 14:26
New American Standard Bible
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
Amplified Bible
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
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
New King James Version
28 For (A)which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—
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Luke 14:28
New American Standard Bible
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
Amplified Bible
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
King James Version
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
New King James Version
29 lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,
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Luke 14:29
New American Standard Bible
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
Amplified Bible
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
King James Version
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
New King James Version
31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
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Luke 14:31
New American Standard Bible
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
Amplified Bible
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
King James Version
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
New King James Version
33 So likewise, whoever of you (A)does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
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Luke 14:33
New American Standard Bible
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
Amplified Bible
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
King James Version
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
New King James Version
Christ Brings Division(A)
34 (B)“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 For I have come to (C)‘set[a] a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; 36 and (D)‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ 37 (E)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.
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- Matthew 10:35 alienate a man from
Matthew 10:34-37
New American Standard Bible
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
Amplified Bible
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
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
New King James Version
29 (A)And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother [a]or wife or children or [b]lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.
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- Matthew 19:29 NU omits or wife
- Matthew 19:29 Lit. fields
Matthew 19:29
New American Standard Bible
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
Amplified Bible
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
King James Version
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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