Luke 14:29

lest perhaps, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to finish, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him,

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

In Context

28"Which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, asking if he has the means to finish it? --

30saying, `This man began to build, but could not finish.'

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Cross References

Matthew 27:40and said, "You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, come down from the cross."

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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