Luke 14:25-33

Revised Geneva Translation

²⁵ Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them,

²⁶ “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters - yes, and even his own life - he cannot be My disciple.

²⁷ “And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.

²⁸ “For who of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down beforehand and count the cost (whether he has the means to complete it),

²⁹ “lest after he has laid the foundation and is not able to complete 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 - does not first sit down and take counsel on whether he is able (with ten thousand) to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

³² “Otherwise, while he is still a great way off, he sends ambassadors to ask for peace.

³³ “So likewise, whoever of you who does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.