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Luke 14:25-33 BBE
(25) Now a great number of people went with him.
(26) And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
(27) Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.
(28) For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?
(29) For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,
(30) And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.
(31) Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
(32) Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.
(33) And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.
Luke 14:25-33 NWT
25 Now great crowds were traveling with him, and he turned and said to them: 26 "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own soul, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever is not carrying his torture stake and coming after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For example, who of you that wants to build a tower does not first sit down and calculate the expense, to see if he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, he might lay its foundation but not be able to finish it, and all the onlookers might start to ridicule him, 30 saying, 'This man started to build but was not able to finish.' 31 Or what king, marching to meet another king in war, does not first sit down and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand troops to cope with the one that comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 If, in fact, he cannot do so, then while that one is yet far away he sends out a body of ambassadors and sues for peace. 33 Thus, you may be sure, none of you that does not say good-bye to all his belongings can be my disciple.
Luke 14:25-33 CEV
(25) Large crowds were walking along with Jesus, when he turned and said:
(26) You cannot be my disciple, unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children, and your brothers and sisters. You cannot come with me unless you love me more than you love your own life.
(27) You cannot be my disciple unless you carry your own cross and come with me.
(28) Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. What is the first thing you will do? Won't you sit down and figure out how much it will cost and if you have enough money to pay for it?
(29) Otherwise, you will start building the tower, but not be able to finish. Then everyone who sees what is happening will laugh at you.
(30) They will say, "You started building, but could not finish the job."
(31) What will a king do if he has only ten thousand soldiers to defend himself against a king who is about to attack him with twenty thousand soldiers? Before he goes out to battle, won't he first sit down and decide if he can win?
(32) If he thinks he won't be able to defend himself, he will send messengers and ask for peace while the other king is still a long way off.
(33) So then, you cannot be my disciple unless you give away everything you own.
Luke 14:25-33 LITV
(25) And great crowds came together to Him. And turning, He said to them,
(26) If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers and sisters, and besides, even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
(27) And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me, he cannot be My disciple.
(28) For who of you desiring to build a tower does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has the things to finish;
(29) that having laid a foundation, and not having strength to finish, all those seeing begin to mock him,
(30) saying, This man began to build, and did not have strength to finish.
(31) Or what king going to attack another king in war does not first sit down and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet those coming upon him with twenty thousands?
(32) But if not, he being still far off, sending a delegation, he asks the things for peace.
(33) So then every one of you who does not abandon all his possessions is not able to be My disciple.
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The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation