21. So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
22. Then the slave said, ‘Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.’
23. So the master said to his slave, ‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.
24. For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”
25. Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,
26. “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
27. Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
28. For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?
29. Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.
30. They will say, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’
31. Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
32. If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.
33. In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.
34. “Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?
35. It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”