恭讀聖路加福音 14:25-33

那時候,有一大夥人與耶穌同行,耶穌轉身向他們說:「如果誰來跟隨我,而不惱恨自己的父親、母親、妻子、兒女、兄弟、姊妹,甚至自己的性命,不能做我的門徒。
「不論誰,如果不背起自己的十字架,跟隨我,不能做我的門徒。
「你們當中,誰願意建造一座塔,而不先坐下,籌算費用,看是否有力完成呢?免得他奠基以後,竟不能完工,所有看見的人,都要譏笑他,說:這個人開始建造,但不能完工。
「或者一個國王,要去同別的國王交戰,那有不先坐下,運籌一下,看能否以一萬人,去抵抗對方的兩萬人呢?如果不能,就得趁那國王,離得尚遠的時候,派遣使節,去求和。
「同樣,你們中不論是誰,如果不捨棄他的一切所有,不能做我的門徒。」

—上主的話。。

(23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 14:25-33

25 Now great multitudes accompanied him; and he turned and said to them, 26 “If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, `This man began to build, and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy and asks terms of peace. 33 So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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