Luke Chapter 14 verse 25 Holy Bible
Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them,
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Now a great number of people went with him.
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And great crowds went with him; and, turning round, he said to them,
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And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
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Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
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And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 25-35. - The qualifications of his real disciples. Two short parables illustrative of the high pries such a real disciple must pay if he would indeed be his. The halfhearted disciple is compared to flavourless salt. Verse 25. - And there went great multitudes with him. These great multitudes were made up now of enemies as well as friends. Curiosity doubtless attracted many; the fame of the Teacher had gone through the length and breadth of the land. The end, the Master well knew, was very near, and, in the full view of his own self-sacrifice, the higher and the more ideal were the claims he made upon those who professed to be his followers. He was anxious now, at the end, clearly to make it known to all these multitudes what serving him really signified - entire self-renunciation; a real, not a poetic or sentimental, taking up the cross (ver. 27). Even his own chosen disciples were yet a long way from apprehending the terrible meaning of this cross he spoke of, and which to him now bore so ghastly a significance.
