Luke 14:20

English Standard Version 2016

And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’

Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:5

“When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.

1 Corinthians 7:33

But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,

Luke 14:19

And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’

Luke 14:21

So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’