Luke 14:20

Another said, A wife have I taken, and therefore I cannot come.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Another said, Five yoke of oxen have I bought, and I go to prove them: I beseech thee, permit me to be excused.

21And the servant came and told his lord these things. Then the lord of the house was angry, and said to his servant, Go into the streets and outskirts of the city, and bring hither the poor, and the afflicted, and the lame, and the sightless.

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Cross References

Luke 18:29Jeshu saith to him, Amen I say to you, That no man who leaveth houses, or fathers, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of Aloha,

1 Corinthians 7:33and he who hath a wife is anxious for the world, that so he may 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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