And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Luke 14:20 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. More versionsKing 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 prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.