23 And the lord said to the servant: 'Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel them to enter, so that my house may be filled.
24 For I tell you, that none of those men who were invited will taste of my feast.' "
25 Now great crowds traveled with him. And turning around, he said to them:
26 "If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yes, even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple.
27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
28 For who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means to complete it?
29 Otherwise, after he will have laid the foundation and not been able to finish it, everyone who sees it may begin to mock him,