Luke 14:28

For who of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down, and count the cost, whether he has sufficient to finish it?

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

In Context

27And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, can not be my disciple.

29Lest haply, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22And ye will be hated by all, for my name's sake; but he that has endured to the end, the same shall be saved.

Luke 14:33So then, whoever of you forsakes not all that he has can not be my disciple.

1 Thessalonians 3:4For even when we were with you, we told you before that we are to suffer affliction; as also it came to pass, 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 →

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