er me cannot
be my disciple.

14:28. For which of you, having a mind to build a tower, doth not first
sit down and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have
wherewithal to finish it:

14:29. Lest, after he hath laid the foundation and is not able to finish
it, all that see it begin to mock him,

14:30. Saying: This man began to build and was not able to finish.

14:31. Or, what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth
not first sit down and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to
meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him?

14:32. Or else, while the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he
desireth conditions of peace.

14:33. So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he
possesseth cannot be my disciple.

14:34. Salt is good. But if the salt shall lose its savour, wherewith
shall it be seasoned?

14:35. It is neither profitable for the land nor for the dunghill: but
shall be cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Luke Chapter 15

The parables of the lost sheep and of the prodigal son.

15:1. Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.

15:2. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man
receiveth sinners and eateth with them.

15:3. And he spoke to them this parable, saying:

15:4. What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he shall lose
one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go
after that which was lost, until he find it?

15:5. And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing?

15:6. And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying
to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?

15:7. I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one
sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not
penance.

15:8. Or what woman having ten groats, if she lose one groat, doth not
light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently until she find
it?

15:9. And when she hath found it, call together her friends and
neighbours, saying: Rejoice with me, because I have found the groat
which I had lost.

15:10. So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon
one sinner doing penance.

Before the angels... By this it is plain that the spirits in heaven have
a concern for us below, and a joy at our repentance and consequently a
knowledge of it.

15:11.