For which of you who wants to build a tower does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see if he has what he needs to complete it?
You will be hated by all because of my name, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
And whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all who are looking on will begin to mock him,
So then, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
But Paul responded, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”