Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 14:33

"So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple." — Luke 14:33 (ASV)

In Christ's days, and afterwards, discipleship usually involved the absolute giving up of everything that his followers had, for those were times of persecution; and if such seasons should come to us, we must have such love for Christ that, for his sake, we could forsake all that we have; otherwise, we cannot be his disciples.