28"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?
28"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said:
26 "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters--yes, even his own life--he cannot be my disciple.
27 And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
28 "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?
29 For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
30 saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'
14:28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have [sufficient] to finish [it? ]
14:28For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down, and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:
14:28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?
14:28For 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;
14:28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?
14:28For which of you intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he hath sufficient to finish it?
14:28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
14:28'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?
14:28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?