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âSuppose one of you wants to build a tower. Wonât you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?
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For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you,
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saying, âThis person began to build and wasnât able to finish.â
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âOr suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Wonât he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
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If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.