Luke 14:20
18 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.
19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is 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
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:33
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
Read in contextLuke 18:29–30
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,
Read in contextLuke 14:26–28
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:29–31
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
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