24for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.`
25And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,
26`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
27and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
28`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he have the things for completing?
29lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,
30saying -- This man began to build, and was not able to finish.