Luke 14:30
all that see it, should deride him, saying, this man began to build and was not able to finish.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
In Context
29least having laid a foundation and not being able to finish,
Cross References
Matthew 7:27and the rain fell upon it, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and the fall thereof was great.
Acts 1:18(Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling down on his face, burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out:
Hebrews 6:4who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:38and the just shall live by faith, but if any draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
2 John 1:8Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which ye have wrought, but that ye may receive a full reward.
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 →