Luke 14:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Prov 24:27 : 27 Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'
  • Matt 10:22 : 22 and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.
  • Luke 14:33 : 33 `So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.
  • 1 Thess 3:4-5 : 4 for even when we were with you, we said to you beforehand, that we are about to suffer tribulation, as also it did come to pass, and ye have known `it'; 5 because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.
  • 2 Pet 1:13-14 : 13 and I think right, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up in reminding `you', 14 having known that soon is the laying aside of my tabernacle, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ did shew to me,
  • Gen 11:4-9 : 4 And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.' 5 And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded; 6 and Jehovah saith, `Lo, the people `is' one, and one pronunciation `is' to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do. 7 Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.' 8 And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city; 9 therefore hath `one' called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.
  • Josh 24:19-24 : 19 And Joshua saith unto the people, `Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for a God most holy He `is'; a zealous God He `is'; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins. 20 When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.' 21 And the people saith unto Joshua, `No, but Jehovah we do serve.' 22 And Joshua saith unto the people, `Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, `Witnesses!') 23 and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which `are' in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.' 24 And the people say unto Joshua, `Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.'
  • Matt 20:22-23 : 22 And Jesus answering said, `Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?' They say to him, `We are able.' 23 And he saith to them, `Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.'

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  • Luke 14:29-33
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    29lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

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

    31`Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?

    32and if not so -- he being yet a long way off -- having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.

    33`So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

  • Luke 14:25-27
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    25And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

    26`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

    27and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

  • Luke 12:17-18
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    71%

    17and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

    18and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

  • Luke 6:46-49
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    46`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

    47Every one who is coming unto me, and is hearing my words, and is doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like;

    48he is like to a man building a house, who did dig, and deepen, and laid a foundation upon the rock, and a flood having come, the stream broke forth on that house, and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

    49`And he who heard and did not, is like to a man having builded a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream brake forth, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.'

  • Matt 16:24-26
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    24Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

    25for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,

    26for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

  • Matt 7:24-27
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    24`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

    25and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

    26`And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

    27and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.'

  • Matt 10:38
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    38and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

  • Luke 12:25-26
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    69%

    25and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

    26If, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious?

  • Matt 6:27
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    27`And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

  • Luke 12:20-21
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    20`And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

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  • Mark 8:34-35
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    34And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

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  • Luke 9:23-25
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    23And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

    24for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;

    25for what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself?

  • Mark 13:2
    68%

    2and Jesus answering said to him, `Seest thou these great buildings? there may not be left a stone upon a stone, that may not be thrown down.'

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    62and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'

  • 1 Cor 3:10
    67%

    10According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on `it',

  • Prov 24:27
    67%

    27Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.

  • Luke 17:7
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  • Mark 13:15
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    15and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;

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    39And he spake a simile to them, `Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

  • Deut 20:6
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    6`And who `is' the man that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not made it common? -- let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man make it common.

  • 1 Cor 9:7
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    7who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?

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    29and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,

  • 1 Cor 10:12
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    12so that he who is thinking to stand -- let him observe, lest he fall.

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    24`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

    25`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

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    15And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

  • Matt 12:29
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    29`Or how is one able to go into the house of the strong man, and to plunder his goods, if first he may not bind the strong man? and then his house he will plunder.

  • Luke 21:34
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  • Gen 11:4
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    4And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'

  • Jas 4:13
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    13Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'