Luke 14:29 Meaning and Explanation
“Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,”
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Read Full Chapter →Otherwise the unfinished tower will draw the mockery of all who see its abandoned foundation.
What Does Luke 14:29 Mean?
Jesus pictures the failure. The foundation is laid, the money runs out, the work stops — and the half-built tower stands in public view. Everyone who passes supplies the commentary, and in a world where honor was everything, the mockery would outlast the mortar.
A discipleship begun on impulse risks the same public ruin: a foundation of professed faith with nothing rising from it. The warning is not meant to keep anyone from building but to send the builder to a true reckoning — and to the grace of God, who is able to finish what he begins in us (Philippians 1:6).
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What does Luke 14:29 mean?
Otherwise the unfinished tower will draw the mockery of all who see its abandoned foundation.