25Nowlargecrowds were goingalong with Him; and He turned and said to them,
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"1Ifanyonecomes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his ownlife, he cannot* be My disciple.
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"Whoever does not 2carry his owncross and comeafter Me cannot* be My disciple.
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"For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not firstsitdown and calculate the cost to see if 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 observe it begin to ridicule him,
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saying, 'Thismanbegan to build and was not able to finish.'
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"Orwhatking, when he sets out to meetanotherking in battle, will not firstsitdown and 3considerwhether he is strongenough with tenthousand men to encounter the one comingagainst him with twentythousand?
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"Orelse, while the other is stillfaraway, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.
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"Sothen, none* of you can be My disciplewho4does not give up all his ownpossessions.
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"Therefore, salt is good; but 5ifevensalt has becometasteless, with what will it be seasoned?
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"It is useless*either for the soilor for the manurepile; it is thrown out. 6He who hasears to hear, let him hear."