Luke 14:19
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.’
18 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.’
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.’
21 The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
- KJV
- And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
- WEB
- “Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
- ASV
- And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused.
- DARBY
- And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee hold me for excused.
- BLB
- And another said, ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I request of you, have me excused.’
- ÅB
- Og en annen sa: Jeg har kjøpt fem par okser og går ut for å prøve dem; jeg ber deg, ha meg unnskyldt!
- OTB
- En annen sa: 'Jeg har kjøpt fem par okser, og jeg skal prøve dem. Vær så snill å unnskylde meg.'
- B1930
- Og en annen sa: Jeg har kjøpt fem par okser og går ut for å prøve dem; jeg ber dig, ha mig undskyldt!