Luke 14:20 - Easy To Read Version

²⁰ A third man said, ‘I just got married; I can’t come.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And another said, I have married a wife, and because of this I am unable to come. [Deut. 24:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And another said, 'I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.'

Luke 14:20 Cross References

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 14:21

So the servant returned. He told his master what had happened. Then the master became angry and said, ‘Hurry! Go into the streets and alleys of the town. Bring me the poor people, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

1 Corinthians 7:33

But a man who is married is busy with things of the world. He is trying to please his wife.

Deuteronomy 24:5

“When a man is newly married, he must not be sent into the army. And he must not be given any other special work. For one year he must be free to stay home and make his new wife happy.