Luke 14:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. What is the first thing you will do? Won't you sit down and figure out how much it will cost and if you have enough money to pay for it?

Cross References

Proverbs 24:27

Get your fields ready and plant your crops before setting up home.

Matthew 10:22

Everyone will hate you because of me. But if you remain faithful until the end, you will be saved.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens, and birds have nests. But the Son of Man doesn't have a place to call his own.”

Luke 14:27

You cannot be my disciple unless you carry your own cross and come with me.

Luke 14:29

Otherwise, you will start building the tower, but not be able to finish. Then everyone who sees what is happening will laugh at you.

Luke 14:33

So then, you cannot be my disciple unless you give away everything you own.

Acts 21:13

But Paul answered, “Why are you crying and breaking my heart? I am not only willing to be put in jail for the Lord Jesus. I am even willing to die for him in Jerusalem!”