31. “Or what king, going to wage war against another king, does not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32. Otherwise, while the other is yet at a distance, he sends a delegation and requests conditions of peace.
33. So likewise, any of you who does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
34. “Salt is good. But if the salt has lost its saltiness, how shall it be made salty?
35. It is fit neither for the land nor for the manure pile. So men throw it out.“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”