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Now a great number of people went with him.

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And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

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Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

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For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?

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For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,

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And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.

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Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

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Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.

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And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

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For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?

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It is no good for the land or for the place of waste no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear.