Luke 14:28
Why, which of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and reckon the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? —
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
27Whoever does not carry his own cross, and walk in my steps, can be no disciple of mine.
Cross References
Matthew 10:22and you will be hated by every one on account of my Name. Yet the man that endures to the end shall be saved.
Luke 14:33And so with every one of you who does not bid farewell to all he has — he cannot be a disciple of mine.
1 Thessalonians 3:4For, even while we were with you, we warned you beforehand that we were certain to encounter trouble. 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 →