Luke 14:18-35 ▼

18 And all began with one [voice] to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I bought a field, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of you, have me excused.

19 And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go on to prove them; I beg of you, have me excused.

20 And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I am not able to come.

21 And that servant having come, told these things to his lord, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly into the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in here.

22 And the servant said, Lord, it has been done as you commanded, and still there is room.

23 And the lord said to the servant, Go forth into the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

24 for I say to you that none of those men who have been called will taste of my dinner.”

25 And there were going on with Him great multitudes, and having turned, He said to them,

26 “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be My disciple;

27 and whoever does not carry his cross, and come after Me, is not able to be My disciple.

28 For who of you, willing to build a tower, does not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he has the things for completing?

29 Lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

30 saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

31 Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, does not, having sat down, first consult if he with ten thousand is able to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

32 And if not so—he being yet a long way off—having sent a delegation, he asks the things for peace.

33 So, then, everyone of you who does not take leave of all that he himself has, is not able to be My disciple.

34 The salt [is] good, but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

35 It is neither fit for land nor for manure—they cast it outside. He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.”