29For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
29For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
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.'
31 "Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
14:29Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish [it,] all that behold [it] begin to mock him,
14:29Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able ti finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,
14:29Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,
14:29in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,
14:29Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,
14:29Lest perhaps after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
14:29Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
14:29lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,
14:29Lest haply, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,