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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Luke 14:27
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27 Whoever does not carry his own cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow after Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me] cannot be My disciple.
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Luke 14:27
King James Version
27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
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John 13:35
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35 By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.”
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John 13:35
King James Version
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
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John 15:8
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8 My Father is glorified and honored by this, when you bear much fruit, and prove yourselves to be My [true] disciples.
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John 15:8
King James Version
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
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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
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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Galatians 5:24
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24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the [a]sinful nature together with its passions and appetites.
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- Galatians 5:24 Lit flesh.
Galatians 5:24
King James Version
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
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John 8:31
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The Truth Will Make You Free
31 So Jesus was saying to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you abide in My word [continually obeying My teachings and living in accordance with them, then] you are truly My disciples.
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John 8:31
King James Version
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
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