And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.(Luke 14:27)

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?(Luke 14:28)

Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,(Luke 14:29)

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?(Luke 14:31)

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.(Luke 14:32)

So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.(Luke 14:33)

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Luke 14:30 - Cross Reference

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, (Hebrews 6:4)

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. (2 Peter 2:19)

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (Matthew 7:27)

Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. (Hebrews 10:38)

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. (2 John 1:8)

For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 3:11)

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: (Hebrews 6:11)

Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, (Matthew 27:3)

Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. (Acts 1:18)