The Cost of Discipleship

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Nowe there went great multitudes with him, and he turned and sayd vnto them,

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If any man come to mee, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters: yea, and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple.

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And whosoeuer beareth not his crosse, and commeth after mee, can not bee my disciple.

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For which of you minding to builde a towre, sitteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether hee haue sufficient to performe it,

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Lest that after he hath laide the foundation, and is not able to performe it, all that behold it, begin to mocke him,

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Saying, This man began to builde, and was not able to make an end?

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Or what King going to make warre against another King, sitteth not downe first, and taketh counsell, whether he be able with ten thousande, to meete him that commeth against him with twentie thousand?

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Or els while hee is yet a great way off, hee sendeth an ambassage, and desireth peace.

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So likewise, whosoeuer hee be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

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Salt is good: but if salt haue lost his sauour, wherewith shall it be salted?

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It is neither meete for the land, nor yet for the dunghill, but men cast it out. He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

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