The Cost of Discipleship
Luke 14:28
In 9 translations
- BSB
- 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?
- KJV
- For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
- WEB
- 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?
- ASV
- 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?
- LSV
- For who of you, willing to build a tower, does not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he has the things for completing?
- YLT
- 'For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?
- DBY
- For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what [is needed] to complete it;
- DRC
- 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:
- GNV
- For which of you minding to builde a towre, sitteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether hee haue sufficient to performe it,
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read εἰς (“for”); Textus Receptus read πρὸς (“to”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Byzantine text include ὁ (“who”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὰ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: ὑμῶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὑμῶν; Robinson–Pierpont add ὁ.
- SBLGNT: ἔχει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔχει; Robinson–Pierpont add τὰ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- τίς γὰρ ἐξ ὑμῶν θέλων πύργον οἰκοδομῆσαι οὐχὶ πρῶτον καθίσας ψηφίζει τὴν δαπάνην, εἰ ἔχει εἰς ἀπαρτισμόν;
- RP2018
- Τίς γὰρ ἐξ ὑμῶν, ὁ θέλων πύργον οἰκοδομῆσαι, οὐχὶ πρῶτον καθίσας ψηφίζει τὴν δαπάνην, εἰ ἔχει τὰ εἰς ἀπαρτισμόν;
- TR-Boyd
- Τίς γὰρ ἐξ ὑμῶν, θέλων πύργον οἰκοδομῆσαι, οὐχὶ πρῶτον καθίσας ψηφίζει τὴν δαπάνην, εἰ ἔχει τὰ πρὸς ἀπαρτισμόν;
- SCR1894
- τις γαρ εξ υμων θελων πυργον οικοδομησαι ουχι πρωτον καθισας ψηφιζει την δαπανην ει εχει τα προς απαρτισμον
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◆ Teaching and Healing in Perea to Jerusalem
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 24:27Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
- Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Joshua 24:19–24But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins. If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will…
- Luke 14:33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
- Matthew 20:22–23“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered. “You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not…
- Matthew 8:20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
- Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
- 1 Thessalonians 3:4–5Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass. For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear…
- Genesis 11:4–9“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.” Then the LORD came down to see…
- 2 Peter 1:13–14I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body, because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
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