en_tn/luk/14/31.md

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(Jesus continues speaking to the crowd.)
## Or ##
Jesus used this word to introduce another situation where people count the cost before making a decision.
## what king … will not sit down first and take counsel ##
This starts off another rhetorical question. It can be translated as as statement: "You know that a king … would sit down first and take counsel." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
## take counsel ##
Possible meanings are 1) "think carefully about" or 2) "listen to his advisors"
## And if not ##
"and if he realizes that he will not be able to to defeat the other king" or "If he decided his army could not defeat the other army" (ULB)
## ambassador ##
"messenger" or "representative"
## anyone of you who does not give up all that he has cannot be my disciple ##
This can be expressed positively: "Only those of you who give up all that you have can be my disciples."
## give up all that he has ##
"leave behind all that he has"