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14th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 18

Luke 14:25-33

Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them,
"Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and
children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my
disciple.  Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my
disciple.  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?  Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish,
all who see it will begin to ridicule him, saying, 'This fellow began to
build and was not able to finish.'  Or what king, going out to wage war
against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is
able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty
thousand?  If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends
a delegation and asks for the terms of peace.  So therefore, none of you
can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.