Luke 14:28

for who out of{you} will-ing to-house-build [a] tower, emphatically-not first, sit[ing]-down, is-pebble-izing/calculating the expense, if he-is-having the[plural] into [the] conclusion,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

In Context

27and the-who is_not_bearing[weight] the cross of{same} and is-being-come behind of{me} is_not_being-enabled of{me} to-be-being [a] disciple,

29in-which-place not-whereby of{place[ing] same} foundation and of{having_no_strength} to-complete-out all, the observing may-initiate to-be-infantilizing to{same},

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22and you-will-be being-hated under of{all} through the name of{me}; moreover, the stay[ing]-under/persevere[ing] into completion, the-same will-be-saved.

Luke 14:33So, the-same-ly, every out of{you} who is_not_setting-off/away to{all the[plural] originating-under} of{sameself} is_not_being-enabled to-be-being [a] disciple of{me}.

1 Thessalonians 3:4for also when we-have-been-being toward you we-have-been-saying-ahead to{you} that we-are-being-about to-be-being-pressed/constricted/oppressed according-as also it-becomes and you-have-beheld.

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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