Luke 14:23-33 (Common English Bible)
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The master said to the servant, ‘Go to the highways and back alleys and urge people to come in so that my house will be filled.
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I tell you, not one of those who were invited will taste my dinner.'"
Discipleship’s demands
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus. Turning to them, he said, 26 “Whoever comes to me and doesn't hate father and mother, spouse and children, and brothers and sisters—yes, even one's own life—cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever doesn't carry their own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28 “If one of you wanted to build a tower, wouldn't you first sit down and calculate the cost, to determine whether you have enough money to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when you have laid the foundation but couldn't finish the tower, all who see it will begin to belittle you. 30 They will say, ‘Here's the person who began construction and couldn't complete it!' 31 Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down to consider whether his ten thousand soldiers could go up against the twenty thousand coming against him? 32 And if he didn't think he could win, he would send a representative to discuss terms of peace while his enemy was still a long way off. 33 In the same way, none of you who are unwilling to give up all of your possessions can be my disciple.Copyright © 2011 Common English Bible (Common English Bible)
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