Luke 14:30
and say ‘Here is a person who began to build and was not able to finish!’
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 7:27The rain poured down, the rivers rose, the winds blew and struck against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
Acts 1:18(This man had bought a piece of land with the price of his treachery; and, falling heavily, his body had burst open, and all his bowels protruded.
Hebrews 6:4For if those who were once for all brought into the light, and learned to appreciate the gift from heaven, and came to share in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:38and through faith the righteous will find life, but, if anyone draws back, my heart can find no pleasure in them.’
2 John 1:8Take care so that you do not lose what we have worked for but instead receive your 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 →