Luke 14:28
For which of you who desires to build a tower does not first sit down and count the cost to calculate if he has what he needs to complete it?
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27Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
Cross References
Genesis 11:4They said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top will reach to the sky, and let us make a name for ourselves. If we do not, we will be scattered across the surface of the whole earth.”
Proverbs 24:27Prepare your outdoor work, 1 and make everything ready for yourself in the field; 1 after that, build your house. 1
Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But whoever endures to the end, that person will be saved.
Luke 14:33So therefore, any one of you who does not give up all that he has cannot be my disciple.
1 Thessalonians 3:4Truly, when we were with you, we told you in advance that we were about to suffer affliction, and that happened, as you know.
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 →