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And there went great multitudes with him: and hee turned, and said vnto them,

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his owne life also, hee cannot be my disciple.

And whosoeuer doeth not beare his crosse, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

For which of you intending to build a towre, sitteth not downe first, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to finish it?

Lest haply after hee hath laide the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it, begin to mock him,

Saying, This man beganne to build, and was not able to finish.

Or what king going to make war against another king, sitteth not downe first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand, to meete him that commeth against him with twentie thousand?

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, hee sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

So likewise, whosoeuer he be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.