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Luke 14:31

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Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

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Luke 14:31 in other translations

Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

Luke 14:31 · American Standard Version

Luke 14:31 in context

  1. 29Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
  2. 30saying, ‘This man began to build, and wasn’t able to finish.’
  3. 31Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
  4. 32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.
  5. 33So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.