Luke 14:31
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sits not down first, and consults whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand?
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In Context
30Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Cross References
2 Kings 18:20You says, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?
Proverbs 20:18Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
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 →