Luke 14:18
16 But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.
17 When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
19 Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20 Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
- KJV
- And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
- WEB
- They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’
- ASV
- And they all with one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.
- DARBY
- And all began, without exception, to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought land, and I must go out and see it; I pray thee hold me for excused.
- BLB
- And all with one [voice] began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, ‘I bought a field, and I have need [of] going out to see it. I ask you, have me excused.’
- ÅB
- Men de begynte alle som én å unnskylde seg. Den første sa til ham: Jeg har kjøpt en åker og må nødvendig gå ut og se på den; jeg ber deg, ha meg unnskyldt!
- OTB
- Men de begynte alle som én å unnskylde seg. Den første sa: 'Jeg har kjøpt et jorde, og jeg må gå og se på det. Vær så snill å unnskylde meg.'
- B1930
- Men de begynte alle som én å undskylde sig. Den første sa til ham: Jeg har kjøpt en aker og må nødvendig gå ut og se på den; jeg ber dig, ha mig undskyldt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 18:24
Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
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Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
Read in context1 Timothy 6:9–10
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Read in contextIsaiah 29:11–12
And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
Read in contextActs 18:5–6
And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
Read in contextMatthew 24:38–39
For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
Read in contextJohn 5:40
yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
Read in contextJohn 1:11
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
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