Luke 14:18

New American Bible - revised edition

But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, ‘I have purchased a field and must go to examine it; I ask you, consider me excused.’

Cross References

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom shall I speak? whom shall I warn, and be heard? See! their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot pay attention; See, the word of the Lord has become for them an object of scorn, for which they have no taste.

Luke 14:17

When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, ‘Come, everything is now ready.’

Luke 14:19

And another said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen and am on my way to evaluate them; I ask you, consider me excused.’

Luke 18:24

Jesus looked at him [now sad] and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

Luke 8:14

As for the seed that fell among thorns, they are the ones who have heard, but as they go along, they are choked by the anxieties and riches and pleasures of life, and they fail to produce mature fruit.

John 1:11

He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him.

John 5:40

But you do not want to come to me to have life. Unbelief of Jesus’ Hearers.

Philippians 3:4

although I myself have grounds for confidence even in the flesh. Paul’s Autobiography. If anyone else thinks he can be confident in flesh, all the more can I.

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas, enamored of the present world, deserted me and went to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

2 Timothy 4:4

and will stop listening to the truth and will be diverted to myths.

Hebrews 12:16

that no one be an immoral or profane person like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.