Luke 14:28 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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?

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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?

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?

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:

Luke 14:28 Cross References

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thine house.

Matthew 10:22

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

Matthew 8:20

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Luke 14:27

Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:29

Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

Luke 14:33

So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.