Luke 14:28-35

The Cost of Discipleship

²⁸ For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not _s first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? ²⁹ Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, ³⁰ saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.' ³¹ Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not _t sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? ³² And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. ³³ _u So therefore, any one of you who _v does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Salt Without Taste Is Worthless

³⁴ _w "Salt is good, _x but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? ³⁵ It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. _y He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

1. Cross References
   Proverbs 24:27
   Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.
   
2. Cross References
   Luke 14:28
   For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
   
3. Cross References
   Philippians 3:7
   But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
   
4. Cross References
   Luke 14:26
   If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
   Luke 18:28
   And Peter said, "See, we have left our homes and followed you.
   
5. Cross References
   Mark 9:50
   Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.
   
6. Cross References
   Matthew 5:13
   You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
   
7. Cross References
   Matthew 11:15
   He who has ears to hear, let him hear.