Luke 14:28

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

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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 whosoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

29Lest lest by any means, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

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Cross References

Genesis 11:4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Proverbs 24:27Prepare your work without, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build yours house.

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

Luke 14:33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsakes not all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.

1 Thessalonians 3:4For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and all of 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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