Luke 14:28

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Which of you is it yt wil buylde a tower, and sytteth not downe first and counteth ye cost, whether he haue sufficiet to perfourme, it?

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  • Prov 24:27 : 27 First make vp yi worke yt is wt out, & loke well vnto yt which thou hast in ye felde, & the buylde thine house.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 And Iesus sayde vnto him: the foxes haue holes, and the byrddes of the ayer hane nestes, but ye sonne of ma hath not wheron to rest his heede.
  • Matt 10:22 : 22 & ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake. But he yt endureth to the ende, shalbe saued.
  • Luke 14:33 : 33 So likewyse euery one of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, can not be my disciple.
  • 1 Thess 3:4-5 : 4 And whan we were with you, we tolde you before, that we shulde suffre tribulacion, euen as it is come to passe, & as ye knowe.) 5 For this cause seynge I coulde no longer forbeare, I sent, that I mighte haue knowlege of youre faith, lest happly the tempter had tempted you, and lest oure laboure had bene in vayne.
  • 2 Pet 1:13-14 : 13 Notwithstondinge I thinke it mete, as loge as I am in this tabernacle, to stere you vp by puttinge you in remembraunce. 14 For I am sure, that I must shortly put of my tabernacle, euen as oure LORDE Iesus Christ hath shewed vnto me.
  • Gen 11:4-9 : 4 And sayde: Come, let vs buylde a cite & a tower, whose toppe maye reach vnto heaue, yt we maye make vs a name, afore we be scatred abrode in all londes. 5 Then came ye LORDE downe, to se ye cite & tower, yt ye childre of me had buylded. 6 And ye LORDE saide: Beholde, the people is one, & haue one maner of language amoge the all, & this haue they begonne to do, & wil not leaue of from all yt they haue purposed to do. 7 Come on, let vs go downe, & cofounde their tonge eue there, yt one vnderstonde not what another saieth. 8 Thus ye LORDE scatred the fro thece in all lodes, so yt they left of to buylde the cite. 9 Therfore is it called Babell, because the LORDE cofounded there the language of all the worlde, and from thece scatred them abrode in to all londes.
  • Josh 24:19-24 : 19 Iosua sayde vnto the people: Ye can not serue the LORDE: for he is an holy God, mightie, and gelous, which spareth not youre trangressions and synnes. 20 But yf ye forsake the LORDE, and serue a straunge god, then shall the LORDE turne him, and do you euell, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 21 The people sayde vnto Iosua: Not so, but we will serue the LORDE. 22 Then sayde Iosua vnto the people: Ye are witnesses ouer youre selues, that ye haue chosen you the LORDE, to serue him. And they sayde: Yee. 23 Then put awaye from you (sayde he) the straunge goddes yt are amonge you, and enclyne youre hert vnto the LORDE the God of Israel. 24 And the people sayde vnto Iosua: We wyll serue the LORDE oure God, and be obedient vnto his voyce.
  • Matt 20:22-23 : 22 But Iesus answered, and sayde: Ye wote not what ye axe. Maye ye drynke the cuppe, that I shal drynke? & to be baptised with the baptyme, that I shalbe baptysed withall? 23 They sayde vnto him: Yee that we maye. And he sayde vnto them: My cuppe truly shal ye drynke, & with the baptyme yt I shal be baptysed withall, shal ye be baptysed: Neuertheles to syt vpon my right honde & on my left, is not myne to geue, but vnto the for who it is prepared of my father.

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  • Luke 14:29-33
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    29lest after he hath layed the foundacio, and is not able to perfourme it, all they that se it, begynne to laugh him to scorne,

    30& to saye: This man beganne to buylde, and is not able to perfurme it.

    31Or what kynge wil go to make battayl agaynst another kynge, and sytteth not downe first, and casteth in his mynde, whether he be able with ten thousande, to mete him that commeth agaynst him with twentye thousande?

    32Or els, whyle the other is yet a greate waye of he sendeth embassage, and desyreth peace.

    33So likewyse euery one of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, can not be my disciple.

  • Luke 14:25-27
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    25There wente moch people with him, and he turned him aboute and sayde vnto them:

    26Yf eny man come vnto me, and hate not his father, mother, wife, childre, brethre, sisters, yee and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple.

    27And whosoeuer beareth not his crosse, and foloweth me, can not be my disciple.

  • Luke 12:17-18
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    17and he thought in himself, and sayde: What shal I do? I haue nothinge wher in to gather my frutes.

    18And he sayde: This wil I do, I wil breake downe my barnes, & buylde greater, and therin wil I gather all myne increace, & my goodes,

  • Luke 6:46-49
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    46But why call ye me LORDE LORDE, & do not that I saye vnto you?

    47Who so euer commeth vnto me, and heareth my wordes and doth the, I wil shewe you to whom he is lyke.

    48He is like vnto a man which buylded an house, and digged depe, and layed ye foundacion vpon a rocke. Whan the waters came, the floudes bett vpon that house, and coulde not moue it: for it was grouded vpo ye rocke.

    49But he that heareth and doth not, is like vnto a man that buylded his house vpo the earth without foundacion, and the streames bett vpo it, and it fell immediatly, and greate was the fall of that house.

  • Matt 16:24-26
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    24Then sayde Iesus vnto his disciples: Yf eny man wil folowe me, let him forsake himself, & take vp his crosse, and folowe me.

    25For who so wil saue his life, shal lose it: but whoso loseth his life for my sake, shal fynde it.

    26What helpeth it a man though he wanne the whole worlde, and yet suffred harme in his soule? Or what can a man geue, to redeme his soule withall?

  • Matt 7:24-27
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    24Whosoeuer therfore heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth the same, I wyll lycke hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt hys house vpon a rocke:

    25Now whan abundaunce of rayne descended, and the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that same house, it fel not, because it was grounded on the rocke.

    26And who soeuer heareth of me these sayinges, & doth the not, shalbe lyckened vnto a folysh ma, which buylt his housse apon the sonde:

    27Now whan abudaunce of rayne desceded, & the wyndes blewe, & bet vpon yt housse, it fell, and great was the fall of it.

  • Matt 10:38
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    38And he yt taketh not his crosse and foloweth me, is not mete for me.

  • Luke 12:25-26
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    25Which of you (though he toke thought therfore) coulde put one cubyte vnto his stature?

    26Seinge then ye be not able to do that which is least, why take ye thought for the other?

  • Matt 6:27
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    27Which of you (though he toke thought therfore) coulde put one cubit vnto his stature?

  • Luke 12:20-21
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    20But God sayde vnto him: Thou foole, this night shal they requyre thy soule from the, and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared?

    21Thus goeth it with him yt gathereth treasure for himself, and is not riche in God.

  • Mark 8:34-35
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    34And he called vnto him the people with his disciples, and sayde vnto them: Who so euer wyl folowe me, let him denye himself, and take vp his crosse, and folowe me.

    35For who so euer wyl saue his life, shal lose it: and who so euer loseth his life for my sake and ye gospels, ye same shal saue it.

  • Luke 9:23-25
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    23Then sayde he vnto them all: Yf eny ma wil folowe me, let hi denie himself, & take vp his crosse daylie, & folowe me.

    24For who so euer wil saue his life, shal lose it. But who so loseth his life for my sake, shal saue it.

    25For what auauntage hath a man, though he wanne the whole worlde, and loseth himself, or runneth in dammage of himself?

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    2And Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: Seist thou all this greate buyldinge? There shal not one stone be left vpo another, yt shal not be broken downe.

  • Luke 9:62
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    62Iesus sayde vnto him: Who so putteth his hade to the plowe, and loketh backe, is not mete for the kingdome of God.

  • 1 Cor 3:10
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    10Acordinge to the grace of God which is geuen vnto me, as a wyse buylder haue I layed the foundacion, but another buyldeth theron. Yet let euery man take hede how he buyldeth theron.

  • Prov 24:27
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    27First make vp yi worke yt is wt out, & loke well vnto yt which thou hast in ye felde, & the buylde thine house.

  • Luke 17:7
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    7Which of you is it, that hath a seruaunt (which ploweth, or fedeth the catell) wha he commeth home from ye felde, that he wil saye vnto him: Go quyckly, and syt the downe to meate?

  • Mark 13:15
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    15and let him that is on the house toppe not descede in to the house, ner come therin, to fetch eny thinge out of the house.

  • Luke 6:39
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    39And he sayde a symilitude vnto the: Can the blynde shewe the waye to ye blynde? Do they not both the fall in to the dyche?

  • Deut 20:6
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    6Who so hath planted a vynyarde, and hath not yet made it comen, lett him go, and byde at home, that he dye not in the battayll, and another make it comen.

  • 1 Cor 9:7
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    7Who goeth a warfare at eny tyme vpon his awne wages? Who planteth a vynyarde, and eateth not of the frute therof? Who fedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the mylke of the flocke?

  • Luke 18:29
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    29He sayde vnto the: Verely I saye vnto you: There is no ma yt forsaketh house, or elders, or brethren, or wife, or children for the kyngdome of Gods sake,

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    12Therfore let him that thinketh he stondeth, take hede, lest he fall.

  • Matt 6:24-25
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    24No ma can serue two masters. For ether he shall hate the one and loue the other: or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other: Ye can not serue God and mammon.

    25Therfore I saye vnto you: be not ye carefull for your lyfe, what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drinke: nor yet for youre body, what ye shal put on. Ys not the lyfe more worth the meate, and the body more of value then raymet?

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    15And he sayde vnto them: Take hede, and bewarre of couetousnesse, for no man lyueth therof, that he hath abundaunce of goodes.

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    29Or how ca a man entre in to a stronge mans house, and violently take awaye his goodes, excepte he first bynde the stronge ma, & the spoyle his house?

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    34But take hede vnto youre selues, that yor hertes be not ouerlade with excesse of eatinge and with dronkennes, and with takinge of thought for lyuynge, and so this daye come vpo you vnawares.

  • Gen 11:4
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    4And sayde: Come, let vs buylde a cite & a tower, whose toppe maye reach vnto heaue, yt we maye make vs a name, afore we be scatred abrode in all londes.

  • Jas 4:13
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    13Go to now ye that saye: to daye & to morow let vs go into soche a citie and continue there a yeare, and bye and sell, and wynne: