Luke 14:25–34

²⁵And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, ^26eIf any man come to me, and ^fhate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and ^ghis own life also, he cannot be my disciple. ^27hAnd whosoever doth not ⁱbear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. ²⁸For which of you, ^kintending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? ²⁹Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, ³⁰saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. ³¹Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet ^lhim that cometh against him ^mwith twenty thousand? ³²Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ⁿambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. ³³So likewise, whosoever he be of you that ^oforsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. ^34pSalt is good: ^pqbut if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?