Luke 14:25-35
Summary for Luke 14:25-35: 14:25-35 a A large crowd was following Jesus: Jesus’ popularity was high, but he was about to teach that the cost of following him was also very high.14:26 b you must, by comparison, hate everyone else: Following Jesus requires complete dedication. The phrase by comparison does not appear in the Greek, but it accurately represents Jesus’ meaning. Love for family and one’s own life must not compete with devotion to Christ.
14:27 c To carry your own cross is a picture of dying to self. The horizontal beam of the cross was carried by a condemned criminal headed for crucifixion.
14:34 d Salt ... if it loses its flavor: Sodium chloride cannot actually lose its saltiness. Jesus might be speaking hypothetically (if salt were to lose), or he might be referring to a combination of minerals that included salt. The salt around the Dead Sea was a mixture of sodium chloride and other minerals. When the sodium chloride was removed, what was left behind was “salt” without saltiness.
14:35 e good neither for the soil nor for the manure pile: Salt had various uses in the ancient world, including flavoring (14:34 f), preserving, and weed-killing. The sludge left after removing the sodium chloride was useless.
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