Luke 14:20

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Luke 14:19

And another said: 'I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.'

Luke 14:21

And returning, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the father of the family, becoming angry, said to his servant: 'Go out quickly into the streets and neighborhoods of the city. And lead here the poor, and the disabled, and the blind, and the lame.'

1 Corinthians 7:33

But whoever is with a wife is worried about the things of the world, as to how he may please his wife. And so, he is divided.

Deuteronomy 24:5

When a man has recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, nor shall any public office be enjoined upon him. Instead, he shall be free at home without guilt, so that for one year he may rejoice with his wife.