^{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?