John Gill Commentary Luke 14:27

"Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple." — Luke 14:27 (ASV)

Whosoever doth not bear his cross
All reproach, afflictions, persecutions, and death itself, cheerfully and patiently; the Ethiopic version renders it, "of his death the cross"; it signifies whatever is trying and disagreeable to flesh and blood:

and come after me ;
bearing his cross; as Christ himself was about to do, and which doubtless he had in view;

cannot be my disciple ;
he is not so in reality, nor does he deserve the name.