24. ‘For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.’ ”
25. And large crowds were going with Him, and turning, He 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, and his own life too, he is unable to be My taught one.
27. “And whoever does not bear his stake and come after Me is unable to be My taught one.
28. “For who of you, wishing to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
29. “Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation, and is unable to finish it, all who see it begin to mock him,
30. saying, ‘This man began to build and was unable to finish.’
31. “Or what sovereign, going to fight against another sovereign, does not sit down first and take counsel 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 still far away, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.
33. “So, then, everyone of you who does not give up all that he has, is unable to be My taught one.
34. “The salt is good, but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?