CAB(i)
27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and count up the cost, whether he has the resources to complete it?
29 Lest perhaps after he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all those who see it begin to mock him,
30 saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'
31 Or what king, going to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32 Otherwise, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks the terms for peace.
33 So likewise, every one of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be My disciple.
34 "Salt is good; but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?