For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it?
Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house.
and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him,
So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.
Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”