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.
34. "Salt is good. But if salt loses its flavor, how will it become salty again?
35. It has no value, neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. People throw it away. Whoever has ears to hear should pay attention."