World English Bible
"For 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?"
— Luke 14:28, World English Bible
“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 which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it? ”
“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?”
“For which of you, having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:”
“For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?”
“For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?”
Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
"If anyone comes to me, and doesn't disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.
Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.
For 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?
Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
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?