Luke 14:28
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?”
καθίζω
To sit, to sit down, to be seated. Kathemai. He sat down at the right hand of the Father. The sitting down of Jesus declared the work finished. Nothing remains to be added.
πρῶτος
first
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πρῶτος
First, foremost, chief. Protos. The first shall be last and the last first. God constantly reverses human rankings. What the world considers great God may consider least.
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οἰκοδομέω
to build
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οἰκοδομέω
To build, to construct, to edify. Build one another up. Every believer is both a building and a builder. You are being built up and you are building others.
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θέλω
is desiring
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θέλω
To will, to wish, to desire. Thelo. I am willing be made clean. Jesus was always willing to heal, forgive and restore. His willingness has not changed.
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ἔχω
he has
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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τίς
Which
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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ψηφίζω
he counts
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ψηφίζω
to use pebbles in enumeration, i.e. (generally) to compute
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εἰ
whether
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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δαπάνη
cost
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δαπάνη
expense (as consuming)
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πύργος
a tower
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πύργος
a tower or castle
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