²⁵ And there went great multitudes with Him, and He turned and said unto them,

²⁶ “If any man come to Me and hate not his father and mother, and wife and children, and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

²⁷ And whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

²⁸ For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

²⁹ Lest it may happen, after he hath laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all who behold it begin to mock him,

³⁰ saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

³¹ Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

³² Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an envoy and desireth conditions of peace.

³³ So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be My disciple.

³⁴ “Salt is good; but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

³⁵ It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

⁹ We have thought of Thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Thy temple.

¹⁰ According to Thy name, O God, so is Thy praise unto the ends of the earth; Thy right hand is full of righteousness.

¹¹ Let Mount Zion rejoice! Let the daughters of Judah be glad because of Thy judgments!

¹² Walk about Zion and go round about her, count the towers thereof;

¹³ mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces, that ye may tell it to the generation that follows.

¹⁴ For this God is our God for ever and ever; He will be our guide even unto death.