25. And great multitudes went with him, and he turned and said unto them,
26. If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, and even his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
27. And whosoever does not bear his cross {Gr. stauros – stake} and come after me cannot be my disciple.
28. For which of you intending to build a tower does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has sufficient to finish it?
29. Lest perhaps after he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
30. saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31. Or what king going to make war against another king does not sit down first and consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand?