Luke 14:19

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And another person said, ‘I just bought five teams of oxen and I need to go and try them out, so please excuse me [from attending the supper].’

Cross References

Luke 14:18

Then all of them, in the same way, began to excuse themselves [from attending]. The first one said to the host, ‘I just bought some land and I need to go out and look it over, so please excuse me [from attending the supper].’

Luke 14:20

And the third person said, ‘I just got married, so I cannot attend [the supper].’