World English Bible
"Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,"
— Luke 14:29, World English Bible
“Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,”
“Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him, ”
“Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.”
“Lest, after he hath laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,”
“For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,”
“Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,”
"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?
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.