Luke 14:28
For which one of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sitting down count the cost; if he has unto sufficiency?
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
27Whosoever does not carry his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
Cross References
Matthew 10:22And you will be hated by all on account of my name: but he that persevereth unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Luke 14:33Thus then every one of you who does not consecrate all his possessions, is not able to be my disciple.
1 Thessalonians 3:4For indeed, when we were with you, we foretold you that we are about to suffer tribulation; as indeed took place, and you know 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 →