Luke 14:30

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

29Lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

31Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, does not, having sat down, first consult if he with ten thousand is able to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

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Cross References

Matthew 7:27and the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.”

Acts 1:18(This one, indeed, then, purchased a field out of the reward of unrighteousness, and falling headlong, burst apart in the midst, and all his bowels gushed forth,

Hebrews 6:4for [it is] impossible for those once enlightened, having also tasted of the heavenly gift, and having become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 10:38but, “The righteous will live by faith; and if he may draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”

2 John 1:8See to yourselves that you may not lose the things that we worked for, 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 →

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