Luke 14:20

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

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am going to make a trial of them: I pray thee accept my excuse.

21And that servant returning, informed his master of these things. Then the master of the family, being highly incensed, said to his servant, Go out instantly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

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Cross References

Luke 18:29And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that there is no man who hath left family, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

1 Corinthians 7:33but he who is married is anxious about the things of the world, how he shall 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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