Luke 14:33 (WEB)
So therefore, whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
Catechism · 1
“Jesus enjoins his disciples to prefer him to everything and everyone, and bids them "renounce all that [they have]" for his sake and that of the Gospel.” — Catechism footnote: Lk 14:33; cf. Mk 8:35.
Fathers and councils · 22
Augustine of Hippo
“Thus both of them, being now Thine, were building a tower at the necessary cost,—of forsaking all that they had and following Thee.” — editor's note: Luke xiv. 26–35.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And lest any one should be retarded by any covetousness of wealth or attraction of his own people from following Christ, He adds, and says: “He that forsaketh not all that he hath, cannot be my disciple.”” — editor's note: Luke xiv. 33.
Read the whole comment“But it may also be thus understood, that we who have renounced the world, and have cast away its riches and pomps in the faith of spiritual grace, should only ask for ourselves food and support, since the Lord instructs us, and says, “Whosoever forsaketh not all that he hath, cannot be my disciple.”” — editor's note: Luke xiv. 33.
Read the whole comment“Also in the same place: “Whoso forsaketh not all that he hath, cannot be my disciple.”” — editor's note: Luke xiv. 33.
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John Chrysostom
“And, “He that forsaketh not all that he hath, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me.” ( Luke xiv. 27, 33.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““Except a man forsake all that he hath, he is not worthy of Me.” ( Luke xiv. 33.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And how, some one may say, is the burden light, when He saith, “Except one hate father and mother;” and, “Whosoever taketh not up his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me:” and, “Whosoever forsaketh not all that he hath, cannot be my disciple:”when He commands even to give up our very life?” — editor's note: Luke xiv. 26, 27, 33; Matt. x. 37, 38.
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Jerome
““Whosoever he be of you,” the Lord says, “that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.”” — editor's note: Luke xiv. 33.
Read the whole comment“…awe the passage in the Acts of the Apostles and dreaded the example and the punishment of Ananias and Sapphira; above all he was mindful of the Lord’s words, “whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.”” — editor's note: Luke xiv. 33.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
Because He had been giving high and lofty precepts, immediately follows the comparison of building a tower, when it is said, For which of you intending to build a tower does not first count &c. For every thing that…
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Or the tower is a lofty watch-tower fitted for the guardianship of the city and the discovery of the enemy’s approach. In like manner was our understanding given us to preserve the good, to guard against the evil.…
Read the whole comment - Gregory of NyssaCatena Aurea on Luke
For we must be ever pressing onward that we may reach the end of each difficult undertaking by successive increases of the commandments of God, and so to the completion of the divine work. For neither is one stone…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
For we ought not to lay a foundation, i. e. begin to follow Christ, and not bring the work to an end, as those of whom St. John writes, That many of his disciples went backward. (John 6:66.) Or by the foundation…
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For when occupied in good works, unless we watch carefully against the evil spirits, we find those our mockers who are persuading us to evil. But another comparison is added proceeding from the less to the greater,…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
For we fight against spiritual wickedness in high places; (Eph. 6:12.) but there presses upon us a multitude also of other enemies, fleshly lust, the law of sin raging in our members, and various passions, that is, a…
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Or the ten thousand of him who is going to fight with the king who has twenty, signify the simplicity of the Christian about to contend with the subtlety of the devil.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
The king is sin reigning in our mortal body; (Rom. 6:12.) but our understanding also was created king. If then he wishes to fight against sin, let him consider with his whole mind. For the devils are the satellites…
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But as with respect to the unfinished tower, he alarms us by the reproaches of those who say, The man began to build, and was not able to finish, so with regard to the king with whom the battle was to be, he reproved…
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Or else, in that awful trial we come not to the judgment a match for our king, for ten thousand are against twenty thousand, two against one. He comes with a double army against a single. For while we are scarcely…
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Now to what these comparisons refer, He on the same occasion sufficiently explained, when he said, So likewise whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. The cost therefore…
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But our Lord’s intention in the above-mentioned example is not indeed to afford occasion or give liberty to any one to become His disciple or not, as indeed it is lawful not to begin a foundation, or not to treat of…
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But there is a difference between renouncing all things and leaving all things. For it is the way of few perfect men to leave all things, that is, to cast behind them the cares of the world, but it is the part of all…
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Cross-references · 21
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 8.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 8.
Cited together in Catechism §2544.
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 14:28–33 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Life of S. Hilarion.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 8.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 8.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 8.
Cited together in Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 8.
Cited together in The Life of S. Hilarion.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in The Life of S. Hilarion.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in The Life of S. Hilarion.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.
Cited together in The Life of S. Hilarion.
Cited together in The Life of S. Hilarion.
Cited together in The Life of S. Hilarion.
Cited together in Catechism §2544.
Cited together in The Life of S. Hilarion.