26 (A)If any man come to me, and [a]hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters: yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27 (B)[b]And whosoever beareth not his cross, and cometh after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 For which of you minding to build a tower, [c]sitting not down before, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to perform it,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 14:26 If the matter stands between God and him, as Theophylact saith: and therefore these words are not spoken simply, but by comparison.
  2. Luke 14:27 The true followers of Christ must at once build and fight, and therefore be ready and prepared to suffer all kinds of miseries.
  3. Luke 14:28 At home, and casteth all his costs before he begin the work.

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