Luke 14:30
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’
Text-Critical English NT
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 fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was its fall.”
Acts 1:18(Now this man Judas had acquired a field with the wages of unrighteousness, and falling headfirst, his body burst open, and all his intestines gushed out.
Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:38But the righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, my soul will take no pleasure in him.”
2 John 1:8Watch yourselves, so that we do not lose what we have worked for, but may 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 →