Luke 14:28

For which of you minding to builde a towre, sitteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether hee haue sufficient to performe it,

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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 whosoeuer beareth not his crosse, and commeth after mee, can not bee my disciple.

29Lest that after he hath laide the foundation, and is not able to performe it, all that behold it, begin to mocke him,

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Cross References

Genesis 11:4Also they said, Goe to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scattered vpon the whole earth.

Proverbs 24:27Prepare thy worke without, and make readie thy thinges in the fielde, and after, builde thine house.

Matthew 10:22And yee shall be hated of all men for my Name: but he that endureth to the end, he shall be saued.

Luke 14:33So likewise, whosoeuer hee be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

1 Thessalonians 3:4For verily when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulations, euen as it came to passe, and ye knowe it.

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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