For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and count up the cost, whether he has the resources to complete it?
And you will be hated by all people for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
Lest perhaps after he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all those who see it begin to mock him,
So likewise, every one of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be My disciple.
Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, in behalf of the name of the Lord Jesus."