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Luke 14:29

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Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

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Luke 14:29 in other translations

Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

Luke 14:29 · American Standard Version

Luke 14:29 in context

  1. 27Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
  2. 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?
  3. 29Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
  4. 30saying, ‘This man began to build, and wasn’t able to finish.’
  5. 31Or 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?