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Another said, "I have just been married, and therefore I cannot come.'
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So the slave returned and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, "Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'
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And the slave said, "Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.'
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Then the master said to the slave, "Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people to come in, so that my house may be filled.
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For I tell you, none of those who were invited will taste my dinner.' "
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Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them,
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"Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.
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Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
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For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it?
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Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him,
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saying, "This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'
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Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?
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If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace.
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So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.
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"Salt is good; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored?
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It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; they throw it away. Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"