Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
and say, 'This man started to erect a building, and could not finish it!'
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
and say, "This person started a building but couldn't finish it.'
A Conservative Version
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
American Standard Version
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
saying, 'This man began to build [a tower] but was not able to finish it.'
Anderson New Testament
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Bible in Basic English
And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.
Common New Testament
saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
this man, will they say, began to build, but wanted stock to finish.
Darby Translation
saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?
Godbey New Testament
saying, that this man began to build, and was not able to complete it.
John Wesley New Testament
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Julia Smith Translation
Saying, That this man began to build, and was not able to finish.
King James 2000
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Lexham Expanded Bible
saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'
Modern King James verseion
saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to make an end.'
Moffatt New Testament
saying, 'This fellow started to build but he could not finish it.'
Montgomery New Testament
"'This fellow began to build and could not finish.'
NET Bible
They will say, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'
New Heart English Bible
saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish.'
Noyes New Testament
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Sawyer New Testament
saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.
The Emphasized Bible
saying - This man, began to build, and was not able to finish!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And say 'Here is a man who began to build and was not able to finish!'
Webster
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Weymouth New Testament
saying, 'This man began to build, but could not finish.'
Williams New Testament
and say, 'This fellow started to erect a building but could not complete it!'
World English Bible
saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
Worrell New Testament
saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish!'
Worsley New Testament
all that see it, should deride him, saying, this man began to build and was not able to finish.
Youngs Literal Translation
saying -- This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Themes
Disciples/apostles » Who cannot be a disciple of Christ
Hate » Those that do not hate their life in this world
Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches the multitude the conditions of discipleship (in peraea)
Parables » Parables of Christ » Builder of a tower
Topics
Interlinear
Houtos
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 14:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Cost Of Discipleship
29 Or else when he has laid his foundation and cannot finish the building, everyone who sees it will begin to ridicule him, 30 and say, 'This man started to erect a building, and could not finish it!' 31 Or what king, if he is going to meet another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the other who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
Names
Cross References
Matthew 7:27
And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat about that house, and it went down, and its downfall was complete."
Matthew 27:3-8
Then Judas who had betrayed him, when he saw that he had been condemned, in his remorse brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders,
Acts 1:18-19
(This man bought a piece of land with the money paid him for his treachery, and his body swelled up and burst open in the middle and all his vitals poured out.
1 Corinthians 3:11-14
For no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is laid, that is, Jesus Christ himself.
Hebrews 6:4-8
For it is impossible to arouse people to a fresh repentance when they have once for all come into the light and had a taste of the gift from heaven, and shared in the holy Spirit
Hebrews 6:11
But we want each of you to exhibit this same earnestness to the very end with regard to your confidence in your hope,
Hebrews 10:38
And he whom I accept as righteous will find life through his faith. But if a man draws back, my heart can take no pleasure in him."
2 Peter 2:19-22
promising them freedom when they are themselves slaves of destruction; for a man is the slave of whatever overcomes him.
2 John 1:8
Look out for yourselves, take care not to lose what we have worked for, but make sure that you are paid for it in full.