Luke 14:20

Another said: I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to inspect them. I pray thee, allow me to be excused.

21And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the lord of the house was angry: and he said to his servant, Go out quickly into the market-places and streets of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the diseased, and the lame, and the blind.

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Cross References

Luke 18:29Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you: There is no man, who hath left houses, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

1 Corinthians 7:33And he who hath a wife, is anxious about the world, how 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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