Luke 14:28
Which of you disposed to bilde a toure sytteth not doune before and counteth the cost whether he have sufficient to performe it?
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
27And whosoever beare not his crosse and come after me cannot be my disciple.
Cross References
Matthew 10:22and ye shall be hated of all me for my name. But he that endureth to the ende shalbe saved.
Luke 14:33So lykewyse none of you that forsaketh not all that he hath can be my disciple.
1 Thessalonians 3:4For verely when I was with you I tolde you before that we shulde suffre tribulacion even as it came to passe and as ye knowe.
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 →