Luke 14:20 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁰ “And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and because of this I am unable to 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.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 14:20 Cross References

Luke 14:19

And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. I ask you to have me excused.’ ”

Luke 14:21

And that servant came and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house, being wroth, said to his servant, ‘Hurry out into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, and crippled, and lame, and blind.’ ”

1 Corinthians 7:33

But he who is married is concerned about the matters of the world – how to please his wife.

Deuteronomy 24:5

“When a man has taken a new wife, let him not go out into the army nor let any matter be imposed upon him. He shall be exempt one year for the sake of his home, to rejoice with his wife whom he has taken.