Luke 14:30

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions VIII.6Book VIII

  “Thus both of them, being now Thine, were building a tower at the necessary cost,—of forsaking all that they had and following Thee.” — editor's note: Luke xiv. 26–35.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, Letters Letter 42

  “…he hath laid the foundation and is not able to finish it,” the passers-by “begin to mock him saying,” this man laid a foundation “and was not able to finish.”” — editor's note: Luke xiv. 28, 30.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Idolatry Chapter 12

  “For after the similitude of that most prudent builder, who first computes the costs of the work, together with his own means, lest, when he has begun, he afterwards blush to find himself spent, deliberation should have been made before.” — editor's note: See Luke xiv. 28–30.

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Catena Aurea on Luke

• Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke

  Because He had been giving high and lofty precepts, immediately follows the comparison of building a tower, when it is said, For which of you intending to build a tower does not first count &c. For every thing that…

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• Basil the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke

  Or the tower is a lofty watch-tower fitted for the guardianship of the city and the discovery of the enemy’s approach. In like manner was our understanding given us to preserve the good, to guard against the evil.…

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• Gregory of NyssaCatena Aurea on Luke

  For we must be ever pressing onward that we may reach the end of each difficult undertaking by successive increases of the commandments of God, and so to the completion of the divine work. For neither is one stone…

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• Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke

  For we ought not to lay a foundation, i. e. begin to follow Christ, and not bring the work to an end, as those of whom St. John writes, That many of his disciples went backward. (John 6:66.) Or by the foundation…

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• Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke

  For when occupied in good works, unless we watch carefully against the evil spirits, we find those our mockers who are persuading us to evil. But another comparison is added proceeding from the less to the greater,…

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• Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke

  For we fight against spiritual wickedness in high places; (Eph. 6:12.) but there presses upon us a multitude also of other enemies, fleshly lust, the law of sin raging in our members, and various passions, that is, a…

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• Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke

  Or the ten thousand of him who is going to fight with the king who has twenty, signify the simplicity of the Christian about to contend with the subtlety of the devil.

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• Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke

  The king is sin reigning in our mortal body; (Rom. 6:12.) but our understanding also was created king. If then he wishes to fight against sin, let him consider with his whole mind. For the devils are the satellites…

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• Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke

  But as with respect to the unfinished tower, he alarms us by the reproaches of those who say, The man began to build, and was not able to finish, so with regard to the king with whom the battle was to be, he reproved…

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• Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke

  Or else, in that awful trial we come not to the judgment a match for our king, for ten thousand are against twenty thousand, two against one. He comes with a double army against a single. For while we are scarcely…

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• Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke

  Now to what these comparisons refer, He on the same occasion sufficiently explained, when he said, So likewise whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. The cost therefore…

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• Basil the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke

  But our Lord’s intention in the above-mentioned example is not indeed to afford occasion or give liberty to any one to become His disciple or not, as indeed it is lawful not to begin a foundation, or not to treat of…

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• BedeCatena Aurea on Luke

  But there is a difference between renouncing all things and leaving all things. For it is the way of few perfect men to leave all things, that is, to cast behind them the cares of the world, but it is the part of all…

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• John 6:66

  Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 14:28–33 (Catena Aurea).

• Romans 6:12

  Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 14:28–33 (2) (Catena Aurea).

• 1 Corinthians 3:12

  Cited together in Gregory of Nyssa on Luke 14:28–33 (Catena Aurea).

• Ephesians 6:12

  Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 14:28–33 (Catena Aurea).

• Psalm 19:14

  Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.

• Psalm 61:3

  Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 14:28–33 (Catena Aurea).

• Psalm 111:10

  Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.

• Sirach 10:13

  Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.

• Matthew 5:3

  Cited together in Confessions VIII.6.