Luke 14:25-35

THE discourse was delivered, on the way to Jerusalem, probably very shortly after the meal in the Pharisee's house (Luke 14:1-24). The place was therefore Perea, and the time one of the three days referred to in chap. Luke 13:32-33. He was followed by multitudes and yet was on the direct road to death. The nearer He approached His own passion, the more decidedly must He test those who were following Him, revealing more and more the high requirements of discipleship. The seemingly stern language was uttered out of love, to prepare those in earnest for the realities before them, and to separate the wheat from the chaff.