Why, which of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and reckon the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?--
And you will be hated by every one on account of my Name. Yet the man that endures to the end shall be saved.
"Foxes have holes," answered Jesus, "and wild birds their roosting-places, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
Whoever does not carry his own cross, and walk in my steps, can be no disciple of mine.
For fear that, if he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, every one who sees it should begin to laugh at him,
And so with every one of you who does not bid farewell to all he has--he cannot be a disciple of mine.
It was then that Paul made the reply: "Why are you weeping and breaking my heart like this? For my part, I am ready not only to be bound, but even to suffer death at Jerusalem for the Name of the Lord Jesus."