And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them; I pray you, have me excused.’
Luke 14:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And another said, I have married a wife, and because of this I am unable to come. [Deut. 24:5.] American Standard Version (1901) And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. Common English Bible Another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’ Catholic Public Domain Version And another said, 'I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. |
And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them; I pray you, have me excused.’
So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.’
but the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please his wife,
“When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.