Luke 14:28
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
King James Version
In Context
27And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Cross References
Genesis 11:4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Proverbs 24:27Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Luke 14:33So likewise, whosoever he 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 tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
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 →