Luke 14:30

saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

World English Bible

In The King James Version

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

In Context

29Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

31Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

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Cross References

Matthew 7:27The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell—and its fall was great.”

Acts 1:18Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines gushed out.

Hebrews 6:4For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 10:38But the righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

2 John 1:8Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we 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 →

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