Luke 14:25-30
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Cost of Following Jesus
25 Now(A) great crowds were traveling with Him. So He turned and said to them: 26 “If anyone comes to Me(B) and does not hate(C) his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, and even his own life—he cannot be My disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross(D) and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
28 “For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost(E) to see if he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to make fun of him, 30 saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
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