Luke 14:28

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and count up the cost, whether he has the resources to complete it?

English Majority Text (NT)

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 cannot be My disciple.

29Lest perhaps after he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all those who see it begin to mock him,

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22And you will be hated by all people for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Luke 14:33So likewise, every one of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be My disciple.

1 Thessalonians 3:4For even when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we were going to be afflicted, just as it has come to pass, and as 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 →

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