Luke 14:30

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

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In The King James Version

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

In Context

29Otherwise, if after laying the foundation you weren't able to finish it, everyone who saw it would laugh at you, saying,

31What king goes to war with another king without first sitting down with his advisors to work out whether he and his ten thousand can defeat the one marching against him with twenty thousand?

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Cross References

Matthew 7:27The rain poured down, and the floods rose, and the winds blew hard against the house, and it fell down—it totally collapsed.”

Acts 1:18(Judas had bought a field with his ill-gotten gains. There he fell down headfirst, and his body burst apart, spilling out all his intestines.

Hebrews 6:4It's impossible for those who once understood and experienced God's heavenly gift—who shared in receiving the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 10:38Those who do what is right will live by trusting in God, and if they draw back from their commitment, I won't be pleased with them.”

2 John 1:8Be careful that you don't lose what we've worked so hard for, and that you receive all that you should.

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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