Devine Scripture

Luke 14:28

Luke chapter 14 · verse 28 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

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?

Context

v.27Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

v.28This passage

v.29Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 8:20

    And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

  • Matthew 10:22

    And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

  • Matthew 20:22

    But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.

  • Acts 21:13

    Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Genesis 11:4

    And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

  • Joshua 24:19

    And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.