24 I tell you all that none of those who were invited will taste my dinner!’ ”
25 Once when large crowds of people were going along with Jesus, he turned and said to them,
26 “Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.
27 Those who do not carry their own cross and come after me cannot be my disciples.
28 “If one of you is planning to build a tower, you sit down first and work out what it will cost, to see if you have enough money to finish the job.
29 If you don't, you will not be able to finish the tower after laying the foundation; and all who see what happened will laugh at you.
30 ‘This man began to build but can't finish the job!’ they will say.