Luke 14:27-35

27 "Whoever does not ¹carry his own cross and come after Me cannot * be My disciple.

28 "For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

29 "Otherwise *, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,

30 saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'

31 "Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and ²consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

32 "Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

33 "So then, none * of you can be My disciple who ³does not give up all his own possessions.

34 "Therefore, salt is good; but ⁴if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

35 "It is useless * either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. ⁵He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

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Cross References 5

1. Matthew 10:38; Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23
2. Proverbs 20:18
3. Philippians 3:7; Hebrews 11:26
4. Matthew 5:13; Mark 9:50
5. Matthew 11:15

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[a]. Or "an embassy"
[b]. Or "hear!" Or "listen!"

Luke 14:27-35

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