Luke 14:28

For, which of you, wishing to build a tower, doth not first sit down and compute the expense, whether he have the means to complete it?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 he that doth not take up his cross and come after me, cannot become a disciple to me.

29lest, when he hath laid the foundation, and is unable to finish, all that see it begin to deride him;

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated by every one, on account of my name. But he that shall endure to the end, shall have life.

Luke 14:33So every one of you who doth not give up all his possessions, cannot be my disciple.

1 Thessalonians 3:4For also when we were with you, we forewarned you, that we were to be afflicted; as ye know did occur.

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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