Luke 14:30
sayinge: this man beganne to bilde and was not able to make an ende.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 7:27and abundauce of rayne descended and the fluddes came and ye wyndes blewe and beet vpon that housse and it fell and great was the fall of it.
Acts 1:18And the same hath now possessed a plot of grounde with the rewarde of iniquite and when he was hanged brast a sondre in ye myddes and all his bowels gusshed oute.
Hebrews 6:4For it is not possible yt they which were once lyghted and have tasted of the hevenly gyft and were become partetakers of the holy goost
Hebrews 10:38But the iust shall live by faith. And yf he withdrawe him silfe my soule shall have no pleasure in him.
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 →