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?