^{26 Ref} "If anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.

^{27 Ref} Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.

^{28 Ref} For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

^{26 Ref} `If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

^{27 Ref} and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

^{28 Ref} `For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he have the things for completing?