Luke 14:30
saying: ‘This man began to build what he was not able to finish.’
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 7:27And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, and it did fall, and great was its ruin.”
Acts 1:18And this man certainly possessed an estate from the wages of iniquity, and so, having been hanged, he burst open in the middle and all his internal organs poured out.
Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible for those who were once illuminated, and have even tasted of the heavenly gift, and have become sharers in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:38For my just man lives by faith. But if he were to draw himself back, he would not please my soul.”
2 John 1:8Be cautious for yourselves, lest you lose what you have accomplished, and so that, instead, you 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 →