The Cost of Discipleship

Luke 14

²⁵ Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, ²⁶ _k "If anyone comes to Me _l and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, _m yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. ²⁷ "And _n whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. ²⁸ "For _o which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it - ²⁹ "lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, ³⁰ "saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.' 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? ³² "Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. ³³ "So likewise, whoever of you _p does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

1. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 13:6
   If your brother, the son of your mother, your son or your daughter, the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, secretly entices you, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers.
   Deuteronomy 33:9
   Who says of his father and mother, 'I have not seen them'; Nor did he acknowledge his brothers, Or know his own children; For they have observed Your word And kept Your covenant.
   Matthew 10:37
   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.
   
2. Cross References
   Romans 9:13
   As it is written, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.
   
3. Cross References
   Revelation 12:11
   And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
   
4. Cross References
   Matthew 16:24
   Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
   Mark 8:34
   When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, "Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
   Luke 9:23
   Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
   2 Timothy 3:12
   Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
   
5. Cross References
   Proverbs 24:27
   Prepare your outside work, Make it fit for yourself in the field; And afterward build your house.
   
6. Cross References
   Matthew 19:27
   Then Peter answered and said to Him, "See, we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have?