Scripture Luke 14:25-33

Scripture Reading Sunday, Sept. 3, 2016 Delores Lester

Our Gospel Lesson comes from Luke 14:25-33

Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them,

“Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children,

brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever

does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. For which of you,

intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see

whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation

and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, saying, ‘This

fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’ Or what king, going out to

wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is

able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty

thousand? If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a

delegation and asks for the terms of peace. So therefore, none of you can

become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.

THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD!