Luke 14:28
For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down, and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
27And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Cross References
Genesis 11:4And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.
Proverbs 24:27Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house.
Matthew 10:22And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.
Luke 14:33So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple.
1 Thessalonians 3:4For even when we were with you, we foretold you that we should suffer tribulations, as also it is come to pass, and you 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 →