Luke 14:30
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 7:27and the rain descended, and the rivers rushed, and the winds blew, and set against that house, and it fell; and the fall of it was great.
Acts 1:18This man indeed accordingly purchased a spot of ground with the wages of iniquity; and projected forward, he burst in the midst, and all his bowels fell out.
Hebrews 6:4For it is not possible to renew again unto repentance those who have been once illuminated, and have tasted the celestial gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
Hebrews 10:38“The just man then will live by faith;” and if he draw back, my soul shall have no delight in him.
2 John 1:8Take heed to yourselves that we lose not the things which we have wrought, but receive a full reward.
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 →