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Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
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For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, 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 begin to mock him,
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saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish.'
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Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
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And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy and asks terms of peace.
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So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)
