31 “If a king is going to fight against another king, first he will sit down and plan. If he has only 10,000 men, he will try to decide if he is able to defeat the other king who has 20,000 men.
32 If he thinks he cannot defeat the other king, he will send some men to ask for peace while that king’s army is still far away.
33 “It is the same for each of you. You must leave everything you have to follow me. If not, you cannot be my follower.
34 “Salt is a good thing. But if the salt loses its salty taste, you can’t make it salty again.
35 It is worth nothing. You can’t even use it as dirt or dung. People just throw it away. “You people who hear me, listen!”