Luke 14:20

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Luke 14:19

“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to prove them. I ask you to excuse me.’

Luke 14:21

“The servant came and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house in anger said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.’

1 Corinthians 7:33

But he who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

Deuteronomy 24:5

When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he is to be free at home one year, and must bring joy to his wife which he has taken.