Luke 14:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Still another guest said, “I have just got married, and I can't be there.”

Cross References

Luke 14:19

Another guest said, “I bought five teams of oxen, and I need to try them out. Please excuse me.”

Luke 14:21

The servant told his master what happened, and the master became so angry that he said, “Go as fast as you can to every street and alley in town! Bring in everyone who is poor or crippled or blind or lame.”

1 Corinthians 7:33

But a married man has more worries. He must worry about the things of this world, because he wants to please his wife.

Deuteronomy 24:5

If a man and a woman have been married less than one year, he must not be sent off to war or sent away to do forced labour. He must be allowed to stay home for a year and be happy with his wife.