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Luke 14:28

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For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

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Luke 14:28 in other translations

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

Luke 14:28 · American Standard Version

Luke 14:28 in context

  1. 26“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
  2. 27Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
  3. 28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
  4. 29Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
  5. 30saying, ‘This man began to build, and wasn’t able to finish.’