Jesus demands total self-denial from followers, even hatred of family and life, and requires bearing your cross. Before committing, count the cost like a builder ensuring he has resources to finish. The message is about submitting your will entirely to God's authority.
A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, if you want to be my disciple, you must by comparison hate everyone else— your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, even your own life. Otherwise you cannot be my disciple. And if you do not carry your cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. my disciple. But don't begin until you count the costs. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish? Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you. They would say, there's the person who started that building and couldn't afford to finish it. Jesus here is talking about the subjection of our will.
