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Luke 14:30

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

KJV

λέγοντες ὅτι οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἤρξατο οἰκοδομεῖν καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσεν ἐκτελέσαι.

Greek NT

dicentes : Quia hic homo cœpit ædificare, et non potuit consummare ?

Vulgate

saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

ASV

Saying: This man began to build and was not able to finish.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οἰκοδομέω
oikodomeo
verb · 41×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ἐκτελέω
ekteleo
verb · 2×
ἰσχύω
ischuo
verb · 28×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Parable

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:11 — For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
  • 2John 1:8 — Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
  • 2Pet 2:19 — While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
  • Heb 6:4 — For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
  • Heb 6:11 — And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
  • Neh 6:3 — And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?