Luke 14:28

Which of you disposed to bilde a toure sytteth not doune before and counteth ye cost whether he have sufficient to performe it?

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

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 whosoever beare not his crosse and come after me cannot be my disciple.

29lest after he hath layde ye foundacion and is not able to performe it all yt beholde it beginne to mocke him

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Cross References

Genesis 11:4And they sayd: Come on let vs buylde vs a cyte and a toure that the toppe may reach vnto heauen. And let vs make us a name for perauenture we shall be scatered abrode over all the erth.

Matthew 10:22and ye shall be hated of all me for my name. But he that endureth to the ende shalbe saved.

Luke 14:33So lykewyse none of you yt forsaketh not all yt he hath can be my disciple.

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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