Luke 14:28
If you planned to build a tower, wouldn't you first work out how much it would cost, and see if you had enough money to complete it?
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27If you don't carry your cross and follow me, you can't be my disciple.
Cross References
Genesis 11:4Then they said, “Now let's build a city for ourselves with a tower whose top reaches the heavens. That way we'll gain a great reputation and we won't end up being scattered all over the world.”
Proverbs 24:27Do the work you need to do outside first, then prepare and sow your fields, and only after that start building your house.
Matthew 10:22Everyone will hate you because you follow me, but those who endure until the end will be saved.
Luke 14:33In the same way every one of you who doesn't give up everything can't be my disciple.
1 Thessalonians 3:4Even while we were with you we kept on warning you that we would suffer persecution soon— and as you well know that is exactly what has happened.
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 →