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Luke 14:25-27
1599 Geneva Bible
Luke 14:25-27
1599 Geneva Bible
25 [a]Now there went great multitudes with him, and he turned and said unto them,
26 (A)If any man come to me, and [b]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 (B)[c]And whosoever beareth not his cross, and cometh after me, cannot be my disciple.
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- Luke 14:25 Even those affections, which are of themselves worthy of praise and commendation, must be ruled and ordered, that godliness may have the upper hand and preeminence.
- Luke 14:26 If the matter stands between God and him, as Theophylact saith: and therefore these words are not spoken simply, but by comparison.
- Luke 14:27 The true followers of Christ must at once build and fight, and therefore be ready and prepared to suffer all kinds of miseries.
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