Luke 14:28 - Catholic Public Domain Version

For who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means to complete it?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For which of you, wishing to build a farm building, does not first sit down and calculate the cost [to see] whether he has sufficient means to finish it?

American Standard Version (1901)

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?

Common English Bible

“If one of you wanted to build a tower, wouldn’t you first sit down and calculate the cost, to determine whether you have enough money to complete it?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down, and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:

English Standard Version 2016

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

Luke 14:28 Cross References

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare your outdoor work, and diligently cultivate your field, so that afterward, you may build your house.

Matthew 10:22

And you will be hated by all for the sake of my name. But whoever will have persevered, even to the end, the same shall be saved.

Matthew 8:20

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to rest his head."

Luke 14:27

And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

Luke 14:29

Otherwise, after he will have laid the foundation and not been able to finish it, everyone who sees it may begin to mock him,

Luke 14:33

Therefore, everyone of you who does not renounce all that he possesses is not able to be my disciple.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul responded by saying: "What do you accomplish by weeping and afflicting my heart? For I am prepared, not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus."