Luke 14:29

29 ne posteaquam posuerit fundamentum et non potuerit perficere omnes qui vident incipiant inludere ei

Luke 14:29 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 14:29

Lest haply after he hath laid the foundation
Has begun to build, has taken up a profession, has submitted to ordinances, and got into a church state:

and is not able to finish it;
a foundation may be laid, and the building may never be finished, because the foundation is not laid right; was it, it would continue, and the building go on, and at last be finished; though no man is able to finish it of himself, yet those hands which have laid the foundation, will raise up the superstructure, and complete the whole building, through the power and efficacy of divine grace: but where there is a beginning, and which at first looks well, and there is no progress, but the work is dropped and left unfinished,

all that behold it, begin to mock;
as follows;

Luke 14:29 In-Context

27 et qui non baiulat crucem suam et venit post me non potest esse meus discipulus

28 quis enim ex vobis volens turrem aedificare non prius sedens conputat sumptus qui necessarii sunt si habet ad perficiendum

29 ne posteaquam posuerit fundamentum et non potuerit perficere omnes qui vident incipiant inludere ei

30 dicentes quia hic homo coepit aedificare et non potuit consummare

31 aut qui rex iturus committere bellum adversus alium regem non sedens prius cogitat si possit cum decem milibus occurrere ei qui cum viginti milibus venit ad se