Luke:14:25-35
nsb@Luke:14:25 @ Jesus turned to speak to the large crowd of people who were traveling with him:
nsb@Luke:14:26 @ »You who come to me may not be my disciple unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters and yourself.
nsb@Luke:14:27 @ »Those who do not carry their own stake and come after me may not be my disciples.
nsb@Luke:14:28 @ »If you plan to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost. Then you see if you have enough money to finish the job.
nsb@Luke:14:29 @ »If you do not, you will not be able to finish the project after laying the foundation. Everyone who sees what happened will ridicule and poke fun of you.
nsb@Luke:14:30 @ »You started and could not finish, they will say.
nsb@Luke:14:31 @ « When a king commands ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to defeat the other king.
nsb@Luke:14:32 @ »If he is not strong enough he will send messengers to the other king to ask for terms of peace while he is still far away.«
nsb@Luke:14:33 @ »Likewise,« concluded Jesus, »none of you may be my disciples unless you give up everything you have.«
nsb@Luke:14:34 @ »Salt is good. But if it loses its saltiness it cannot be made salty again.
nsb@Luke:14:35 @ »It is neither good for the soil nor for the manure pile. You throw it away. Listen if you have ears!«
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