Luke 14:28

For which of you, disposed to buylde a towre, sitteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to perfourme it?

Bible (Bishops')

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 whosoeuer doth not beare his crosse, and come after me, can not be my disciple.

29Lest after he hath layde the foundation, and is not able to perfourme it, all that beholde it, begyn to mocke hym,

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Cross References

Genesis 11:4And they sayd: Go to, let vs buylde vs a citie and a towre, whose toppe may reache vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a name, lest peraduenture we be scattered abrode into the vpper face of the whole earth.

Proverbs 24:27Make redie thy worke that is without, and looke well vnto that whiche thou hast in the fielde: and then buylde thyne house.

Matthew 10:22And ye shalbe hated of all men, for my names sake: but he that endureth to the ende, shalbe saued.

Luke 14:33So lykewyse, whosoeuer he be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he can not be my disciple.

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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