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Luke 14:28-30
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28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down and[a] calculate the cost to see if he has enough[b] to complete it?[c] 29 Otherwise[d] after[e] he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it,[f] all who see it[g] will begin to ridicule him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 14:28 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“sit down”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 14:28 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Luke 14:28 Literally “for completion”
  4. Luke 14:29 Literally “so that lest”
  5. Luke 14:29 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“has laid”)
  6. Luke 14:29 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Luke 14:29 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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