Luke 14:30

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

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29Lest, when he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all that see it begin to deride him,

31Or, what king, going to make war against another king, does not first sit down, and deliberate whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him that is coming; 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 its fall.

Acts 1:18Therefore he purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 10:38But the just by faith shall live; and if he draw back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.

2 John 1:8Look to yourselves, that we lose not the things that we have gained, but that we 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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