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Luke 14:25–27

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 sistersyes, even their own lifesuch a person cannot be my disciple.m 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.n

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Luke 14:25–27 — English Standard Version (ESV)

25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and 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, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:25–27 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 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. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:25–27 — New Living Translation (NLT)

25 A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, 26 If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone elseyour father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sistersyes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. 27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:25–27 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

25 Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, 26 If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. 27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

Luke 14:25–27 — New Century Version (NCV)

25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and said to them, 26 If anyone comes to me but loves his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sistersor even lifemore than me, he cannot be my follower. 27 Whoever is not willing to carry his cross and follow me cannot be my follower.

Luke 14:25–27 — American Standard Version (ASV)

25 Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:25–27 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

25 And great crowds went with him; and, turning round, he said to them, 26 If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple; 27 and whoever does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:25–27 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus. He turned to them and said, 26 “If people come to me and are not ready to abandon their fathers, mothers, wives, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as their own lives, they cannot be my disciples. 27 So those who do not carry their crosses and follow me cannot be my disciples. 

Luke 14:25–27 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

25 Now great crowds were traveling with Him. So He turned and said to them: 26 If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sistersyes, and even his own lifehe cannot be My disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

Luke 14:25–27 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

25 Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, 26 Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:25–27 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

25 Now large crowds were going along with him, and he turned around and 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 does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:25–27 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus. He turned and spoke to them. He said, 26 “Anyone who comes to me must hate his father and mother. He must hate his wife and children. He must hate his brothers and sisters. And he must hate even his own life. Unless he does, he can’t be my disciple. 27 Anyone who doesn’t carry his cross and follow me can’t be my disciple.

Luke 14:25–27 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

25 Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and 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, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.


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