Luke 14:20

while the next said ‘I am just married, and for that reason I am unable to 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

19The next said ‘I have bought five pairs of bullocks, and I am on my way to try them. I must ask you to consider me excused’;

21On his return the servant told his master all these answers. Then in anger the owner of the house said to his servant ‘Go out at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the blind, and the lame.’

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Cross References

Luke 18:29“I tell you,” he answered, “that there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

1 Corinthians 7:33while the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to 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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