Luke 14:30
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Noyes Bible
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 descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell; and great was its fall.
Acts 1:18Now this man purchased a field with the wages of the iniquity; and falling headlong he burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out.
Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible that those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and been make partakers of the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:38Now my righteous man shall live by faith; but if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.”
2 John 1:8Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which ye wrought, but 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 →