Luke 14:30 Parallel Translations
NASB: saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.' (NASB ©1995)
GWT: They'll say, 'This person started to build but couldn't finish the job.'(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
ASV: saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
BBE: And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.
DBY: saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?
ERV: saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
WEY: saying, 'This man began to build, but could not finish.'
WBS: Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
WEB: saying,'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
YLT: saying -- This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Luke 14:30 Cross References
XREF:Luke 14:29 "Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,

Luke 14:31 "Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand? (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
PNT: 14:28-33 Sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost? This calculation of what any enterprise or step will require before entering upon it is the part of wisdom. So, too, a disciple of Christ should count the cost. It is well to understand that every obstacle to the service of Christ must be given up.
MHC: 14:25-35 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 lusts. The proudest and most daring sinner cannot stand against God, for who knows the power of his anger? It is our interest to seek peace with him, and we need not send to ask conditions of peace, they are offered to us, and are highly to our advantage. In some way a disciple of Christ will be put to the trial. May we seek to be disciples indeed, and be careful not to grow slack in our profession, or afraid of the cross; that we may be the good salt of the earth, to season those around us with the savour of Christ.
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