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For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have [sufficient] to finish [it]?

For {G1063} which {G5101} of {G1537} you {G5216}, intending {G2309} to build {G3618} a tower {G4444}, sitteth {G2523} not {G3780} down {G2523} first {G4412}, and counteth {G5585} the cost {G1160}, whether {G1487} he have {G2192} sufficient to {G4314} finish {G535} it?

“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Don’t you sit down and estimate the cost, to see if you have enough capital to complete it?

Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 24:27 (43 votes)

    ¶ Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

  • Matthew 10:22 (11 votes)

    And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

  • Joshua 24:19 (8 votes)

    And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he [is] an holy God; he [is] a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

  • Joshua 24:24 (8 votes)

    And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

  • Luke 14:33 (8 votes)

    So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

  • Matthew 20:22 (6 votes)

    But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

  • Matthew 20:23 (6 votes)

    And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but [it shall be given to them] for whom it is prepared of my Father.