Luke 14:30

and say: This man began to build, and was unable to finish.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

In Context

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

31Or what king, that is going to contend in battle with his neighbor king, doth not first consider, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him that is coming against him with twenty thousand?

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Cross References

Matthew 7:27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew; and they rushed upon that house, and it fell; and great was the ruin of it.

Acts 1:18He purchased a field with the wages of sin; and he fell upon his face on the ground, and burst in the middle, and all his entrails were poured out.

Hebrews 6:4But they who have once descended to baptism, and have tasted the gift from heaven, and have received the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 10:38Now the just by my faith, will live: but if he draw back, my soul will not have pleasure in him.

2 John 1:8Take heed to yourselves, that ye lose not what ye have wrought; but that ye may be recompensed with 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 →

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