Luke 14:25-35

25Now 1large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to them, 26“2If anyone comes to Me, and does not 3hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. 27Whoever does not 4carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 28For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? 29Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, 30saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and 5consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends 6a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33So then, none of you can be My disciple who 7does not give up all his own possessions.

34“Therefore, salt is good; but 8if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned? 35It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. 9He who has ears to hear, 10let him hear.”