Luke 14:29

Otherwise, if after laying the foundation you weren't able to finish it, everyone who saw it would laugh at you, saying,

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Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

In Context

28If 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?

30‘Look at him: he started building but he couldn't finish.’

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Cross References

Matthew 27:40saying, “You who promised to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, why don't you save yourself! If you really are the Son of God, then come down from the cross.”

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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