26. If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
27. And whosoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
28. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he has enough to finish it?
29. Lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,