Luke 14:28-15:7
English Standard Version
28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not (A)first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not (B)sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 (C)So therefore, any one of you who (D)does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
Salt Without Taste Is Worthless
34 (E)“Salt is good, (F)but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? 35 It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. (G)He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
15 Now (H)the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes (I)grumbled, saying, (J)“This man receives sinners and (K)eats with them.”
3 So he told them this parable: 4 (L)“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, (M)if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine (N)in the open country, and (O)go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, (P)he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for (Q)I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who (R)repents than over ninety-nine (S)righteous persons who need no repentance.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.