Luke 14:30
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 7:27and the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall!”
Acts 1:18(In fact this man acquired a field with the wages of his wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle, and all his innards were spilled out.
Hebrews 6:4Because, it is impossible to bring back into repentance those who were once for all enlightened, who have partaken of the heavenly gift and were made sharers in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:38Now the righteous one will live by faith, yet if he backs away, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
2 John 1:8Look to yourselves, so that we not lose the things for which we worked but may receive a full reward.
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 →