Luke 14:25-35 - The Cost Of Discipleship
25 One day, when great crowds of people were walking with Jesus, he turned and said to them: 26 "If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no disciple of mine. 27 Whoever does not carry his own cross, and walk in my steps, can be no disciple of mine.
28 Why, which of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and reckon the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?-- 29 For fear that, if he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, every one who sees it should begin to laugh at him, 30 And say 'Here is a man who began to build and was not able to finish!'
31 Or what king, when he is setting out to fight another king, does not first sit down and consider if with ten thousand men he is able to meet one who is coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if he cannot, then, while the other is still at a distance, he sends envoys and asks for terms of peace. 33 And so with every one of you who does not bid farewell to all he has--he cannot be a disciple of mine.
34 Yes, salt is good; but, if the salt itself should lose its strength, what shall be used to season it? 35 It is not fit either for the land or for the manure heap. Men throw it away. Let him who has ears to hear with hear!"