Luke 14:28

For which of you who wants to build a tower does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see if he has what he needs to complete it?

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

In Context

27And whoever does not bear his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

29For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, all who are looking on will begin to mock him,

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22You will be hated by all because of my name, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Luke 14:33So then, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.

1 Thessalonians 3:4In fact, when we were with you, we told you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction, and as you well know, it has now happened.

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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