Luke 14:21-35 ▼

21 "And, coming near, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the householder, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city; and bring in here the poor, and maimed, and blind, and lame.'

22 And the servant said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and still there is room.'

23 And the lord said to the servant, 'Go forth into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled;

24 for I say to you, that no one of those men who have been invited shall taste of my supper."

25 Now there were journeying with Him great multitudes; and, turning, He said to them,

26 "If any one comes to Me, and hates not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and, further, his own soul also, he cannot be My disciple.

27 And whosoever does not bear his own cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.

28 For who of you, wishing to build a tower, does not, first, sitting down, calculate the expense, whether he has enough for its completion?

29 lest, perhaps, having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish it , all who behold 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 another king in war, does not, sitting down, first take counsel, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

32 And, if not by any means, while he is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he asks conditions of peace.

33 "So, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all his own goods, cannot be My disciple.

34 Salt, therefore, is good; but if even the salt become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?

35 It is fit neither for the land nor for manure: they throw it without. He that has ears to hear, let him hear!"