For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he may have enough to finish it;
Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house.
And you will be hated of all men for My name's sake, but the one who endures to the end shall be kept safe.
And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the 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, he cannot be My disciple.
lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish, all those seeing begin to mock him,
So then, everyone of you who does not forsake all his possessions, he cannot be My disciple.
Then Paul answered, What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.