Luke 14:27-29

Jubilee Bible 2000

²⁷ And whosoever does not bear his cross {Gr. stauros – stake} and come after me cannot be my disciple.

²⁸ For which of you intending to build a tower does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has sufficient to finish it?

²⁹ Lest perhaps after he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,