Luke 14:28 - Easy To Read Version

²⁸ If you wanted to build a building, you would first sit down and decide how much it would cost. You must see if you have enough money to finish the job.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ 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

²⁸ 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)

²⁸ 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

²⁸ “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

²⁸ 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

²⁸ 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:

Luke 14:28 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 24:27

Don’t build your house before you plant your fields. Make sure that you are prepared to grow food before you build a place to live.

Matthew 10:22

All people will hate you because you follow me. But the person that continues strong until the end will be saved.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes to live in. The birds have nests to live in. But the Son of Man {\cf2\super [96]} has no place where he can rest his head.”

Luke 14:27

If a person will not carry the cross (suffering) that is given to him when he follows me, then that person cannot be my follower.

Luke 14:29

If you don’t do that, you might begin the work, but you would not be able to finish. And if you could not finish it, then all the people watching would laugh at you.

Luke 14:33

It is the same for each of you. You must decide if you can leave everything you have to follow me. If not, you cannot be my follower!

Acts 21:13

But Paul said, “Why are you crying? Why are you making me so sad? I am ready to be tied in Jerusalem. I am also ready to die for the name of the Lord Jesus!”