14:25 Now large crowds 24 were accompanying Jesus, 25 and turning to them he said, 14:26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate 26 his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, 27 he cannot be my disciple. 14:27 Whoever does not carry his own cross 28 and follow 29 me cannot be my disciple. 14:28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down 30 first and compute the cost 31 to see if he has enough money to complete it? 14:29 Otherwise, 32 when he has laid 33 a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, 34 all who see it 35 will begin to make fun of 36 him. 14:30 They will say, 37 ‘This man 38 began to build and was not able to finish!’ 39 14:31 Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down 40 first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose 41 the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 14:32 If he cannot succeed, 42 he will send a representative 43 while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace. 44 14:33 In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions. 45
14:34 “Salt 46 is good, but if salt loses its flavor, 47 how can its flavor be restored? 14:35 It is of no value 48 for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. 49 The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” 50