• Luke 14:28 — For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
• Luke 14:29 — Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
• Luke 14:30 — Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

3 Christian traditions affirm this interpretation.

• Evangelical · Evangelical
• Patristic · Patristic
• Reformed · Reformed

1 passages from 1 historic works cite scripture this interpretation depends on.

• Commentary on the Gospel of John · 1 passage