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# General Information:
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Jesus continues to explain to the crowd that it is important to count the cost of being a disciple.
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# For which of you, who desires to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to calculate if he has what he needs to complete it?
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Jesus uses this question to prove that people count the cost of a project before they begin it. AT: "If a person wanted to build a tower, he would certainly first sit down and determine if he had enough money to complete it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# tower
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This may have been a watchtower. AT: "a tall building" or "a high lookout platform."
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# Otherwise
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It may be helpful to give more information. AT: "If he does not first count the cost" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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# when he has laid a foundation
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"when he has built a base" or "when he has completed the first part of the building"
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# is not able to finish
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It is understood that he was not able to finish because he did not have enough money. This could be stated. AT: "does not have enough money to be able to finish" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/watchtower]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foundation]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mock]] |