Luke 14:28 - Modern English Version

²⁸ “For who among you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost to see whether he has resources to complete it?

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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?

Luke 14:28 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 24:27

Set in order your outside work, make it ready for yourself in the field, and afterwards build your house.

Matthew 10:22

You will be hated by all men for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Luke 14:27

And whoever does not bear his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

Luke 14:29

Otherwise, perhaps, after he has laid the foundation and is not able to complete it, all who see it will begin to mock him,

Luke 14:33

So likewise, any of you who does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

Acts 21:13

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