Luke 14:31

Or, who[?], [a] king, being-gone to-together-cast to{[a] different-other king} into war emphatically-not, sit[ing]-down, first is-intending if he-is-being enabled/empowered[adjective] in to{ten thousand} to-encounter to{the} alongside of{twenty thousand} to{being-come} upon same[?]

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

In Context

30saying that the-same, the man, initiates to-be-house-building and does_not_have-strength to-complete-out.

32Moreover, if no-indeed, still of{same being} distantly, send[ing]-off/away elder-ia/embassy, he-is-asking the toward peace.

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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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