Luke 14:20

and [a] different-other says, 'I-marry [a] woman, and through the-same I-am_not_being-enabled to-come,'

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19and [a] different-other says, 'I-purchase yokes of{oxen}, five, and am-being-gone to-esteem-ize/evaluate same. I-am-asking you, be-having me having-been-given-cause-aside[i.e. excused],'

21and, become[ing]-aside, the slave, the-there, messages-off/away to{the lord} of{same}, the-same[neuter plural]. Then, angered, the house-ruler says to{the slave} of{same}, 'Come-out speedily into the broad[space]s and streets of{the city} and lead-into here the destitute and maimed/disabled and lame and blind,'

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Cross References

Luke 18:29Moreover, the says to{same[plural]}, "Amen I-am-saying to{you} that not-one is-being who lets-off/away home or parents or brothers or woman or offsprings because of{the kingdom} of{the God}

1 Corinthians 7:33moreover, the marry[ing] is-worrying [regarding] the[plural] of{the world}, how[?] he-will-please to{the woman},

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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