57 ⁱAs they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 59 To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 60 And Jesus¹ said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 61 Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say ^jfarewell to those at my home.” 62 Jesus said to him, ^k“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

25 ⁿNow great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own ^ofather and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and ^peven his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not ^qbear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and ^rcount 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 sit down first and ^sdeliberate 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 So therefore, any one of you who does not ^trenounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

34 ^u“Salt is good, 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. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”