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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

說：‘這個人開了工，卻不能完工。’

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
这 个 人 开 了 工 ， 却 不 能 完 工 。

Contextual Overview

²⁵ Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and said to them, ²⁶ "If anyone comes to me but loves his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters—or even life—more than me, he cannot be my follower. ²⁷ Whoever is not willing to carry his cross and follow me cannot be my follower. ²⁸ If you want to build a tower, you first sit down and decide how much it will cost, to see if you have enough money to finish the job. ²⁹ If you don't, you might lay the foundation, but you would not be able to finish. Then all who would see it would make fun of you, ³⁰ saying, ‘This person began to build but was not able to finish.' ³¹ "If a king is going to fight another king, first he will sit down and plan. He will decide if he and his ten thousand soldiers can defeat the other king who has twenty thousand soldiers. ³² If he can't, then while the other king is still far away, he will send some people to speak to him and ask for peace. ³³ In the same way, you must give up everything you have to be my follower. ³⁴ "Salt is good, but if it loses its salty taste, you cannot make it salty again.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 7:27, Matthew 27:3-8, Acts 1:18, Acts 1:19, 1 Corinthians 3:11-14, Hebrews 6:4-8, Hebrews 6:11, Hebrews 10:38, 2 Peter 2:19-22, 2 John 1:8

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 6:3 - I am doing Matthew 27:40 - that destroyest

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying, this man began to build,.... He set out well, he promised great things, and made a considerable bluster and stir, as if he would carry things at once to a very high pitch:

and was not able to finish; it was all noise and talk, and nothing else: falling off from a profession of religion, exposes men to contempt and scorn; such are not only cast out of churches with disgrace, but are despised by men, by wicked men; and are a reproach, a proverb, and a taunt in all places; and even are mocked by devils too.