²⁵ And 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;

²⁷ and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.