Luke 14:28

For who of you willing to build a tower, whether he sit not first or he first sitteth not, and counteth the expenses that be needful, if he have (them) to perform (it)? (For who of you desiring to build a tower, will he not first sit, and count out the expenses that be needed, to see if he hath enough money to finish it or to complete it?)

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In The King James Version

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 he that beareth not his cross, and cometh after me, may not be my disciple (or cannot be my disciple).

29Lest after that he hath set the foundament, and may not perform (it), all that see, begin to scorn him, (Lest after that he hath laid the foundation, and cannot finish it, all who see it, begin to scorn him,)

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Cross References

Genesis 11:4and they said, Come ye, and make we to us a city and a tower, whose highness stretch till to (the) heaven (s); and make we solemn our name, before that we be parted into all lands. (and they said, Come ye, and let us make a city, and a tower whose height shall stretch up to the sky; and make we our name well-known, or else we shall soon be parted from each other into all the earth.)

Proverbs 24:27Make ready thy work withoutforth, and work thy field diligently, that thou build thine house afterward. (Do all thy work outside, and work thy field diligently, and then afterward, thou shalt build thy house.)

Matthew 10:22And ye shall be in hate [or in hatred] to all men for my name; but he that shall dwell still [or shall continue] into the end, shall be made safe. (And ye shall be hated by everyone for my name; but he who shall continue unto the end, shall be saved.)

Luke 14:33So therefore each of you, that forsaketh not [or renounceth not] all (the) things that he hath, may not be my disciple (or cannot be my disciple).

1 Thessalonians 3:4For when we were at you, we before-said to you, that we should suffer tribulations; as it is (now) done, and ye know (it). (For when we were with you, we said ahead of time to you, or we warned you, that we would suffer troubles; as it is now done, and ye know it.)

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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