Luke 14:20
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.’
19 Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
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.’
22 ‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
- KJV
- And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
- WEB
- “Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
- ASV
- And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
- DARBY
- And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.
- BLB
- And another said, ‘I married a wife, and because of this I am not able to come.’
- ÅB
- Og enda en annen sa: Jeg har tatt meg en hustru, og derfor kan jeg ikke komme.
- OTB
- En annen sa: 'Jeg har nettopp giftet meg, så jeg kan ikke komme.'
- B1930
- Og atter en annen sa: Jeg har tatt mig en hustru, og derfor kan jeg ikke komme.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 24:5
If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:33
But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
Read in contextLuke 18:29–30
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
Read in contextLuke 14:26–28
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:29–31
What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
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