Luke 14:28 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 14:28

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

KJV

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ASV

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?

WEB

Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

YLT

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

DBT

For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what [is needed] to complete it;

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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13 verses on the floor

Proverbs 24:27
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Matthew 10:22
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Joshua 24:19–24
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
Luke 14:33
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. 2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

We lose the things we have wrought ( 2 John 8 ), and all we have done and suffered is in vain, Gal. iii. (2.) When we undertake to be Christ's disciples we are like a man that goes to war, and therefore must consider the hazard of it, and the difficulties that are to be encountered,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

(2) Though the contest for salvation be on our part an awfully unequal one, the human will, in the exercise of that "faith which overcometh the world" (1Jo 5:4), and nerved by power from above, which "out of weakness makes it strong" (Heb 11:34;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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