Luke 14:28 KJV

Luke · chapter 14 · verse 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?Luke 14:28 · King James Version

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Luke 14:28 in context

26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

29Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

30Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

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Commentary

See how Christ in his doctrine suited himself to those to whom he spoke, and gave every one his portion of meat. To Pharisees he preached humility and charity. He is in these verses directing his discourse to the multitudes that crowded after him, and seemed zealous in following him;

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-35

Cross references

Key words (Strong's)

intendingthelōto will, have in mind, intend, to be resolved or determined, to purpose, to desire, to…G2309 →
countethpsēphizōto count with pebbles, to compute, calculate, reckon, to give one's vote by casting a…G5585 →
sittethkathizōto make to sit down, to set, appoint, to confer a kingdom on one, intransitively, to sit…G2523 →
buildoikodomeōto build a house, erect a building, to build , to restore by building, to rebuild…G3618 →
towerpyrgosa tower, a fortified structure rising to a considerable height, to repel a hostile attack…G4444 →
firstprōtonfirst in time or place, in any succession of things or persons, first in rank, influence…G4412 →

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