Luke 14:29-31 "– so that, after his laying a foundation and then not being financially strong enough to finish everything out, those folks continuing in watching might not at some point start to repeatedly ridicule and make fun of him,

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁹ "– so that, after his laying a foundation and then not being [financially] strong enough to finish everything out, those folks continuing in watching might not at some point start to repeatedly ridicule and make fun of him, ³⁰ "one after another saying, 'This person (human) started to progressively build, and yet he was not [financially] strong [enough] to finish [it] out.' ³¹ "Or, what king, continuing on his way to progressively engage into the midst of a war with a different king, will not first – after sitting down – proceed taking counsel with himself (consider, deliberate, ponder and plan) [to see] if he is powerful and able to undertake a face to face meeting, [himself being] in the midst of ten thousand [troops], with the [king] constantly coming upon him with twenty thousand [troops]?