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Luke 14:28

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28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?

Luke 14:27 Luke 14 Luke 14:29

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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?

ESV

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

NLT

“But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?

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