Luke 14:29

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Luke 14:29

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

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KJV

King James Version

Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish [it], all that behold [it] begin to mock him,

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WEB

World English Bible

Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

lest ever, [of him] having laid its foundation and not being able to finish, all seeing [it] may begin to mock him,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Luke 14

²⁷ And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

²⁸ 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?

²⁹ Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

³⁰ saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’

³¹ Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

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