Luke 14:28

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?

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  • Prov 24:27 : 27 Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.
  • Matt 8:20 : 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.
  • Matt 10:22 : 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.
  • Luke 14:33 : 33 So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
  • 1 Thess 3:4-5 : 4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know. 5 For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.
  • 2 Pet 1:13-14 : 13 And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me.
  • Gen 11:4-9 : 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. 5 And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do. 7 Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
  • Josh 24:19-24 : 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. 20 If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve Jehovah. 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel. 24 And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken.
  • Matt 20:22-23 : 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. 23 He saith unto them, My cup indeed ye shall drink: but to sit on my right hand, and on [my] left hand, is not mine to give; but [it is for them] for whom it hath been prepared of my Father.

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

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

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    32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

    33So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

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    25Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them,

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

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    17and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

    18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.

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    46And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

    47Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:

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    24Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:

    25and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.

    26And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:

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    27And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

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