Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field; afterwards, build your house.
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? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field; afterwards, build your house.
You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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.’
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to ridicule him,
In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
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.’