Luke 14:28
“Further, which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
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27And whoever does not carry his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Cross References
Matthew 10:22And you will be hated by all for my name's sake; but the one enduring to the end, he will be delivered.
Luke 14:33“So likewise, any of you who does not renounce all his own possessions cannot be my disciple.
1 Thessalonians 3:4For indeed, when we were with you we kept telling you in advance that we were going to be afflicted; just as it happened, in fact, 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 →