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Discipleship and its Cost. The passage is a reminder that, despite the universality of the Kingdom, the number of its true subjects is small. To th...
Saying, &c.. Saying that this man, &c. See note on Luke 4:21 ; Luke 19:9 ; Mark 14:30 , &c.
DISCOURSE: 1541 THE FOOLISH BUILDER AND THE INCONSIDERATE KING Luke 14:28-33 . Which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first,...
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Common sense teache...
The Dropsical Man. The Great Supper. Divers Sayings and Parables 1-6. The sabbath question again. The man with the dropsy healed (peculiar to Lk)....
That we must give up all to follow Christ, and count the cost before we do so. The two parables of the Rash Builder ( Luke 14:28-30 ) and the Rash...
(28-30) Which of you, intending to build a tower ..? — The words do not depend for their meaning on any local or personal allusion, but it is quite...
the Cost of Discipleship Luke 14:25-35 Here we have our Lord's use of the winnowing-fan. Amid the teeming crowds He knew that there were many l...
Nothing escaped the notice of Jesus. He saw the guests in the house, and their method of procedure in seeking the chief seats. As He watched, He enun...
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first...
TOWER BUILDING ‘For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost.… This man began to build, and was not...
Saying, this man began to build ,.... He set out well, he promised great things, and made a considerable bluster and stir, as if he would carry thin...
Which of you, intending to build a tower , (the word πυργος here signifying the same as the Hebrew migdol , seems to denote any great building what...
EATING IN THE PHARISEE'S HOUSE (vs.1-14) This chapter shows the heart of God in seeking man, yet also man in thorough contrast and opposition to...
The Necessity of Self-denial. 25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he...
The Call To Discipleship (14:25-35). Luke closes this section off as he opened it by showing Jesus as challenging His disciples and His would be d...
“Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.” For if he fails people will say scathingly, “This man began to build, and was not abl...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 14:25 . There went with Him .— I.e. , journeyed with Him; many, if not most, of them being on their way to one of the feasts...
Luke 14:25 . And there went great multitudes with him: During at least a part of his earthly ministry, Christ was very popular. The people crowde...
Luke 14:3 . Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day. When customs are good, let us keep them; but when they are burthensome and inconsistent, the...
For which of you, intending to build a tower The Christian builder Our Lord on purpose mentioned a tower rather than any other building, perhap...
EXPOSITION Luke 14:1-42 The Pharisee ' s feast on a sabbath day. The healing of the sick with dropsy. Luke 14:1 And it came to pa...
Two parables for emphasis:
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
1 Corinthians 3:11-14 ; 2 John 1:8 ; 2 Peter 2:19-22 ; Acts 1:18 ; Acts 1:19 ; Hebrews 10:38 ; Hebrews 6:11 ; Hebrews 6:4-8 ; Matthew 27:3-8...
30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.