Luke 14:20

The thyrde sayd: I have maried a wyfe and therfore I cannot come.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19And another sayd: I hove bought fyve yooke of oxen and I goo to prove them I praye the have me excused.

21And the servaunt went and brought his master worde therof. Then was the good man of the housse displeased and sayd to his servaut: Goo out quickly into the stretes and quarters of the cite and bringe in hidder the poore and the maymed and the halt and the blynde.

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Cross References

Luke 18:29And he sayde vnto them: Verely I saye vnto you ther is noo man that leaveth housse other father and mother other brethren or wyfe or chyldren for the kyngdome of Goddes sake

1 Corinthians 7:33But he that hath maried careth for the thinges of the worlde howe he maye please his wyfe.

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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