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'''Counting the cost''' (or in the [[NIV]]: "The Cost of Being a Disciple" or in the [[NRSV]]: "The Cost of Discipleship" or in the [[NKJV]]: "Leaving All to Follow Christ") is a name often given to a pair of [[Parables of Jesus|parables]] told by [[Jesus]] in the [[New Testament]], and found in [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] {{niv|Luke|14:25-33|14:25-33}}. The name comes from the phrase "count the cost" which occurs in the [[King James Version]] of the passage, as well as some other versions. |
'''Counting the cost''' (or in the [[NIV]]: "The Cost of Being a Disciple" or in the [[NRSV]]: "The Cost of Discipleship" or in the [[NKJV]]: "Leaving All to Follow Christ") is a name often given to a passage which includes a pair of [[Parables of Jesus|parables]] told by [[Jesus]] in the [[New Testament]], and found in [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] {{niv|Luke|14:25-33|14:25-33}}. The name comes from the phrase "count the cost" which occurs in the [[King James Version]] of the passage, as well as some other versions. |
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==Narrative== |
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Revision as of 19:29, 13 April 2012
Counting the cost (or in the NIV: "The Cost of Being a Disciple" or in the NRSV: "The Cost of Discipleship" or in the NKJV: "Leaving All to Follow Christ") is a name often given to a passage which includes a pair of parables told by Jesus in the New Testament, and found in Luke Luke 14:25–33. The name comes from the phrase "count the cost" which occurs in the King James Version of the passage, as well as some other versions.
Narrative
The two parables are as follows:
And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, If any man come to me, and 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. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
— Luke 14:25-33, King James Version
Interpretation
Joel B. Green suggests that it is unclear what kind of tower is being referred to in the first parable,[1] but notes that the message is that a "thoroughgoing fidelity to God's salvific aim"[1] is required, "manifest in one's identity as a disciple of Jesus."[1] This involves putting family and possessions second,[2] as in 8:18-22 Matthew 8:18–22 and 9:57-62 Luke 9:57–62.
References
- ^ a b c Joel B. Green, The Gospel of Luke, Eerdmans, 1997, ISBN 0802823157, pp. 566-567.
- ^ Charles McCollough, The Art Of Parables: Reinterpreting the Teaching Stories of Jesus in Word and Scripture, Wood Lake Publishing, 2008, ISBN 1551455633, pp. 94-95.