Luke 14:28 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁸ “For who of you, wishing to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ 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

²⁸ 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)

²⁸ 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

²⁸ “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

²⁸ 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?

Luke 14:28 Cross References

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare your outside work, And make it fit for yourself in the field; Then you shall build your house.

Matthew 10:22

“And you shall be hated by all for My Name’s sake. But he who shall have endured to the end shall be saved.

Matthew 8:20

And יהושע  said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven nests, but the Son of Aḏ

Luke 14:27

“And whoever does not bear his stake and come after Me is unable to be My taught one.

Luke 14:29

“Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation, and is unable to finish it, all who see it begin to mock him,

Luke 14:33

“So, then, everyone of you who does not give up all that he has, is unable to be My taught one.

Acts 21:13

And Sha’ul answered, “What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Yerushalayim for the Name of the Master יהושע.”