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Luke 14:31

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Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

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Luke 14:31 in other translations

Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

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Luke 14:31 in context

  1. 29Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,
  2. 30saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
  3. 31Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
  4. 32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.
  5. 33So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.