Luke 14:28
For who of you that willeth to build a tower, and doth not first sit down and reckon the expense of it, whether he have (wherewith) to finish it?
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
27And whoever doth not take up his cross and come after me, a disciple he cannot be of mine.
Cross References
Matthew 10:22And you shall be abhorred by all men on account of my name: but he who shall persevere until the end, he shall be saved.
Luke 14:33So every one of you who doth not leave all his possession, cannot be unto me a disciple.
1 Thessalonians 3:4For while also we were with you, we foretold you that we were to be afflicted, as you know that it hath been.
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 →