Luke 14:20

And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

In Context

19And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, hold me excused.

21And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. 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 feeble, and the blind, and the lame.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:5When a man hath lately taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any public business be enjoined him, but he shall be free at home without fault, that for one year he may rejoice with his wife.

Luke 18:29Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

1 Corinthians 7:33But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided.

Matthew Henry on Luke 14:16-25

The Generous Invitations; The Neglected Feast. 15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. 16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: 17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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