Luke 14:28

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has sufficient money to finish it?

Revised King James New Testament

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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

27And whoever does not carry his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

29Lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all who behold it will begin to mock him,

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Cross References

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

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

1 Thessalonians 3:4For truly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we should suffer tribulation; just as it came to pass, 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 →

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