saying, “You who [said you] would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself [from dying]; if you [really] are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
Luke 14:29 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) For if he does not, maybe after he has laid the foundation and [then] is not able to complete [the tower], everyone who sees it will ridicule him, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to complete [the building], all who see it will begin to mock and jeer at him, American Standard Version (1901) Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him, Common English Bible Otherwise, when you have laid the foundation but couldn’t finish the tower, all who see it will begin to belittle you. Catholic Public Domain Version Otherwise, after he will have laid the foundation and not been able to finish it, everyone who sees it may begin to mock him, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able ti finish it, all that see it begin to mock him, |
saying, “You who [said you] would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself [from dying]; if you [really] are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
For which one of you who wants to build a [lookout] tower will not first sit down and calculate its cost, to see whether he has enough [money and materiel] to complete it?
saying, ‘This man began to build [a tower] but was not able to finish it.’
You people should put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to withstand the devil’s schemes.