Then all of them, in the same way, began to excuse themselves [from attending]. The first one said to the host, ‘I just bought some land and I need to go out and look it over, so please excuse me [from attending the supper].’
Luke 14:19 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And another person said, ‘I just bought five teams of oxen and I need to go and try them out, so please excuse me [from attending the supper].’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine and put my approval on them; I beg you, have me excused. American Standard Version (1901) And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused. Common English Bible Another said, ‘I bought five teams of oxen, and I’m going to check on them. Please excuse me.’ Catholic Public Domain Version And another said: 'I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, hold me excused. |
Then all of them, in the same way, began to excuse themselves [from attending]. The first one said to the host, ‘I just bought some land and I need to go out and look it over, so please excuse me [from attending the supper].’
And the third person said, ‘I just got married, so I cannot attend [the supper].’