Luke 14:30

Luke 14:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
• New International Version (NIV)saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'
• New Living Translation (NLT)They would say, ‘There’s the person who started that building and couldn’t afford to finish it!’

Context of Luke 14:30

28For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— 29lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’? 31Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.

Luke 14:30 word by word

λέγοντες ὅτι οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἤρξατο οἰκοδομεῖν καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσεν ἐκτελέσαι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• manὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• beganἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
• to buildοἰκοδομέωoikodomeō · to buildG3618
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• wasἰσχύωischuō · be strongG2480
• notοὐou · noG3756
• to finishἐκτελέωekteleō · to finish upG1615

Cross-references for Luke 14:30

• Matthew 7:27and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
• Matthew 27:3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
• Acts 1:18(Now this man purchased a field with the wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his entrails gushed out.
• 1 Corinthians 3:11For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
• Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
• Hebrews 10:38Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”
• 2 Peter 2:19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.
• 2 John 1:8Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.

Commentaries on Luke 14:30

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-35Verses 25-35 Though the disciples of Christ are not all crucified, yet they all bear their cross, and must bear it in the way of duty. Jesus bids them count upon it, and then consider of it. Our Saviour explains this by two similitudes; the former showing that we must consider the expenses of our religion; the latter, that we must consider the perils of it. Sit down and count the cost; consider it will cost the mortifying of sin, even the most beloved…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-35large crowds were traveling with Jesus: Jesus was very popular, but he was about to teach that the cost of following him was also very high.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3328-33. which of you, &c.--Common sense teaches men not to begin any costly work without first seeing that they have wherewithal to finish. And he who does otherwise exposes himself to general ridicule. Nor will any wise potentate enter on a war with any hostile power without first seeing to it that, despite formidable odds (two to one), he be able to stand his ground; and if he has no hope of this, he will feel that nothing remains for him but to make the…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 14:30

• Jesus, the Christ
• Prudence
• Salvation
• Seekers
• Self-Denial

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Luke 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings