Luke 14:33 Meaning and Explanation
“So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.”
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Read Full Chapter →Jesus applies both pictures: whoever does not forsake all that he has cannot be his disciple.
What Does Luke 14:33 Mean?
'So likewise' gathers the tower and the war into one application, and it falls on every hearer: whosoever he be of you. The cost, counted, is everything — the word rendered 'forsaketh' is the word for bidding farewell. A disciple says goodbye to ownership of all that he has.
Jesus claims the title deed to everything in our hands. What remains in them remains as stewardship: nothing we would not surrender at his word, nothing gripped so tightly it grips back. This is not loss disguised as religion; it is the exchange of everything passing for everything lasting. He gave up all that was his for us, and those who let go find their hands free to receive him.
Luke 14:33 in the Original Language
apotasso (ἀποτάσσω), 'forsaketh' -- to bid farewell to, to renounce and take leave of.
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What does Luke 14:33 mean?
Jesus applies both pictures: whoever does not forsake all that he has cannot be his disciple.