Luke 14:28
Why, which of you, when you want to build a tower, does not first sit down and reckon the cost, to see if you have enough to complete it? –
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27Whoever does not carry their own cross, and walk in my steps, can be no disciple of mine.
Cross References
Genesis 11:4They said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will touch the heavens. We will make a landmark, so that we are not scattered over all the earth.”
Matthew 10:22and you will be hated by everyone because of me. Yet the person who endures to the end will be saved.
Luke 14:33And so with everyone of you who does not bid farewell to all you have – you cannot be a disciple of mine.
1 Thessalonians 3:4For, even while we were with you, we warned you beforehand that we were certain to encounter trouble. And so it proved, as you know.
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 →