Luke 14:29

Otherwise, if you have laid the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will laugh at you,

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In The King James Version

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

28Why, 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? –

30and say ‘Here is a person who began to build and was not able to finish!’

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Cross References

Matthew 27:40“You who would ‘destroy the Temple and build one in three days,’ save yourself! If you are God’s Son, 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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