Luke 14:28

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

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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

27Whoever does not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

29Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

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Cross References

Genesis 11:4They said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."

Proverbs 24:27Prepare your work outside,and get your fields ready.Afterwards, build your house.

Matthew 10:22And you will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Luke 14:33So therefore whoever of you who does not renounce all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.

1 Thessalonians 3:4For truly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and 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 →

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