Luke 14:28

A Conservative Version

For which of you wanting to build a tower, does not, having first sat down, count the cost whether he has the things for completion?

Cross References

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare thy work outside, and make it ready for thee in the field, and afterwards build thy house.

Matthew 10:22

And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.

Luke 14:33

So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.

Acts 21:13

And Paul answered, What are ye doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I fare ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Matthew 8:20

And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has nowhere he may lay his head.

Luke 14:27

And whoever does not bear his cross, and come behind me, cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:29

So that perhaps, having laid its foundation, and not being able to finish, all those who see begin to ridicule him,