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Carry Your Own Cross And Follow Me. Calculate The Cost First

25 And large crowds were proceeding-with Him. And having turned, He 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 My disciple. 27 Whoever is not carrying his own cross[a] and coming after Me, cannot be My disciple.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 14:27 That is, the instrument of his own death, symbolizing his death to self and this world.

The Cost of Being a Disciple

25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 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) 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.(B)

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