Moffatt(i)
27 whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
28 For which of you wants to build a tower and does not first sit down to calculate the expense, to see if he has enough money to complete it? —
29 in case, after he has laid the foundation and then is unable to finish the building, all the spectators start to make fun of him,
30 saying, 'This fellow started to build but he could not finish it.'
31 Or what king sets out to fight against another king without first sitting down to deliberate whether with ten thousand men he can encounter the king who is attacking him with twenty thousand?
32 If he cannot, when the other is still at a distance he will send an embassy to do homage to him.
33 So with everyone of you who will not part with all his goods he cannot be a disciple of mine.
34 Salt is excellent indeed: but if salt becomes insipid, what will restore its flavour?