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Gospel September 5
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, "If anyone comes to
me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own
life,he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot
be my disciple.Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate
the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the foundation
and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him and say,
'This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.' Or what king marching
into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he
can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand
troops? But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace
terms. In the same way, anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot
be my disciple."
Luke 14:25-33
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