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Luke 14:30

and say ‘Here is a man who began to build and was not able to finish!’

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29For fear that, if he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, every one who sees it should begin to laugh at him,

31Or what king, when he is setting out to fight another king, does not first sit down and consider if with ten thousand men he is able to meet one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

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Cross References

Matthew 7:27The rain poured down, the rivers rose, the winds blew and struck against that house, and it fell; and great was its downfall.”

Acts 1:18(This man had bought a piece of land with the price of his treachery; and, falling heavily, his body had burst open, and all his bowels protruded.

Hebrews 6:4For if those who were once for all brought into the Light, and learned to appreciate the gift from Heaven, and came to share in the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 10:38And through faith the Righteous man shall find his Life, But, if a man draws back, my heart can find no pleasure in him.’

2 John 1:8Take care that you do not lose the fruit of all our work; rather, reap the benefit of it in full.

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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