Luke 14:28
For which of you wanting to build a tower, does not, having first sat down, count the cost whether he has the things for completion?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
27And whoever does not bear his cross, and come behind me, cannot be my disciple.
Cross References
Genesis 11:4And they said, Come, let us build a city for us, and a tower, and its top in the heavens. And let us make a name for us, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Proverbs 24:27Prepare thy work outside, and make it ready for thee in the field, and afterwards build thy house.
Matthew 10:22And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.
Luke 14:33So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.
1 Thessalonians 3:4For also when we were with you we foretold you that we were going to be oppressed, just as it also happened, and ye know.
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:26-35
The Necessity of Self-denial. 25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after… Read the whole commentary →