“Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t be my disciple.”
Luke 14:27 (WEB)
Context Reading
25Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them, 26“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregardhis own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple. 27Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t be my disciple. 28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? 29Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,