Luke 14:18 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁸ But they all with one [accord] began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, 'I bought a field, and I must go and see it. I ask you, have me excused.'

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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

Luke 14:17

and he sent his servant at dinnertime to say to those who were invited, 'Come, for all things are now ready.'

Luke 14:19

And another said, 'I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you, have me excused.'

Luke 18:24

And when Jesus saw that he became very sad, He said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!

Luke 8:14

And that which fell among thorns, these are those, who when they heard, go out and are choked with anxieties, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

John 1:11

He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

John 5:40

But you are unwilling to come to Me, so that you may have life.

Philippians 3:4

although I also [am] having confidence in the flesh. If any other [person] thinks to have confidence in the flesh, I even more:

2 Timothy 4:10

For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and traveled to Thessalonica-Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

2 Timothy 4:4

and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to myths.

Hebrews 12:16

lest there be any fornicator or profane [person] like Esau, who in exchange for one meal gave up his birthright.