Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house.
Luke 14:28 - King James 2000 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he has enough to finish 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: |
Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house.
And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.
And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.
And whosoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsakes not all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.
Then Paul answered, What mean you to weep and to break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.