In the passage of Luke 14:25-33, Jesus Christ rolls out the conditions for Christian discipleship in rather harsh, uncompromising and no-nonsense terms. He says: “If any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple. Anyone who does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.” And after illustrating these conditions with two parables, he adds “none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions.”