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

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.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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