2. He said if they would be his disciples they must be willing to take up their cross and follow him.
3. He meant that they must be willing to do hard things for his sake.
4. He said if a man wanted to build a tower he would first see if he had money enough to build it all.
5. If the man began to build and could not finish it people would laugh at him.
6. Jesus wanted to teach them that they should be patient and finish whatever they began.
7. If we want to be friends of Jesus we must love him best of all and obey his words, no matter how hard we may find it to do so.
8. The love of Jesus in our heart helps us to be good and makes it easy for us to obey him and do hard things for his sake.
9. Salt is useful to keep food good and to make it taste pleasant to us.