²⁷ and whoever does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

²⁸ For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what [is needed] to complete it;

²⁹ in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,