Luke 14:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ But all the guests said they could not come. Each man made an excuse. The first man said, ‘I have just bought a field, so I must go look at it. Please excuse me.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 it: I pray thee have me excused.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ But they all alike began to make excuses and to beg off. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and I have to go out and see it; I beg you, have me excused.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ One by one, they all began to make excuses. The first one told him, ‘I bought a farm and must go and see it. Please excuse me.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And at once they all began to make excuses. The first said to him: 'I bought a farm, and I need to go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm, and I must needs go out and see it: I pray thee, hold me excused.

Luke 14:18 Cross References

Jeremiah 6:10

Who can I speak to?\par Who can I warn?\par Who will listen to me?\par The people of Israel have closed their ears,\par so they can’t hear my warnings.\par The people don’t like the Lord’s teachings.\par They don’t want to hear his message.\par

Luke 14:17

When it was time to eat, the man sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come! The food is ready!’

Luke 14:19

Another man said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of work animals; I must go and try them. Please excuse me.’

Luke 18:24

When Jesus saw that the man was sad, he said, “It will be very hard for rich people to enter the kingdom of God!

Luke 8:14

What is the seed that fell among the thorny weeds? That is like the people that hear God’s teaching, but they let the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life stop them from growing. So they never make good fruit. {\cf2\super [149]}

John 1:11

He came to the world that was his own. But his own people did not accept him.

John 5:40

But you refuse to come to me to have that life \{you want\}.

Philippians 3:4

Even if I am able to trust in myself, still I don’t trust in myself. If any other person thinks that he has a reason to trust in himself, then he should know that I have a greater reason for trusting in myself.

2 Timothy 4:10

Demas loved this world too much. That is why he left me. He went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia. And Titus went to Dalmatia.

2 Timothy 4:4

People will stop listening to the truth. They will begin to follow the teaching in false stories.

Hebrews 12:16

Be careful that no person does sexual sin. And be careful that no person is like Esau and never thinks about God. Esau was the oldest son and he would have inherited (received) everything from his father. But Esau sold all that for a single meal.