Luke 14:20

‘I've just got married, so I can't come.’

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Another said, ‘I've just bought five pairs of oxen and have to go and try them out. Please excuse me.’ Still another said,

21The servant returned and told his master what they'd said. The home-owner became angry and told his servant, ‘Quickly, go out into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:5If a man has just got married, he is not to be sent to war or made to do any other duties. He is free to stay at home for one year and make his wife happy.

Luke 18:29“I tell you the truth,” Jesus told them, “anybody who leaves behind their home, wife, brothers, parents, or children for the sake of God's kingdom

1 Corinthians 7:33But a man who is married pays attention to what is important in this world, and how he can please his wife.

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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