Luke 14:28
"Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it?
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
27"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.
Cross References
Matthew 10:22"You will be hated by all men because of my name; and he who endures to the end shall be saved.
Luke 14:33"Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
1 Thessalonians 3:4For even when I was with you I used to tell you beforehand that I was to suffer affliction; and so it proved, as you 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 →