Luke 14:30

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

29So that perhaps, having laid its foundation, and not being able to finish, all those who see begin to ridicule him,

31Or what king going to encounter another king in war, will not, having first sat down, consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

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Cross References

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

Acts 1:18(Indeed therefore this man obtained a field from the reward of his unrighteousness, and having become headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.

Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and who tasted of the heavenly gift, and who became partakers of Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 10:38But the righteous man will live from faith, and if he should withdraw, my soul is not pleased with him.

2 John 1:8Watch yourselves, so that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive a full reward.

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 →

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