60 And there went great multitudes
with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
61 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.
62 And whosoever doth not
bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
63 For which of you,
intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost,
whether he have sufficient to finish it?
64 Lest haply, after he
hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it
begin to mock him,
65 saying, This man began
to build, and was not able to finish.
66 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?
67 Or
else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and
desireth conditions of peace.
68 So likewise, whosoever
he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
69 Salt is
good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
70 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