Luke 14:28

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost   to see if he has enough to complete it?

Cross References

Proverbs 24:27

Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field; afterwards, build your house.

Matthew 10:22

You will be hated by everyone because of my name.   But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Luke 14:33

In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce   all his possessions   cannot be my disciple.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul replied, ‘What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.’

Matthew 8:20

Jesus told him, ‘Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man   has no place to lay his head.’

Luke 14:27

Whoever does not bear his own cross   and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:29

Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to ridicule him,