Luke 14:25-35

²⁵Now large crowds were going along with Him, and He turned and said to them, ²⁶“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. ²⁷Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. ²⁸For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? ²⁹Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who are watching it will begin to ridicule him, ³⁰saying, ‘This person began to build, and was not able to finish!’ ³¹Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand? ³²Otherwise, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and requests terms of peace. ³³So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

³⁴“Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned? ³⁵It is useless either for the soil or the manure pile, so it is thrown out. The one who has ears to hear, let him hear.”