"For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?"
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And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
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, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what [is needed] to complete it;
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 intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he hath sufficient to finish it?
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?
`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he have the things for completing?