Luke 14:20

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

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 14:21

The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house in a rage commanded his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in here the poor and the crippled, the blind and the lame.’

1 Corinthians 7:33

But a married man is anxious about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

Deuteronomy 24:5

When a man is newly wed, he shall not go out on a military expedition, nor shall any duty be imposed on him. He shall be exempt for one year for the sake of his family, to bring joy to the wife he has married. Pledges and Kidnappings.