And another said: 'I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.'
Luke 14:20 - Catholic Public Domain Version And another said, 'I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.' Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And another said, I have married a wife, and because of this I am unable to come. [Deut. 24:5.] American Standard Version (1901) And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. Common English Bible Another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’ Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. English Standard Version 2016 And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ |
And another said: 'I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.'
And returning, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the father of the family, becoming angry, said to his servant: 'Go out quickly into the streets and neighborhoods of the city. And lead here the poor, and the disabled, and the blind, and the lame.'
But whoever is with a wife is worried about the things of the world, as to how he may please his wife. And so, he is divided.
When a man has recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, nor shall any public office be enjoined upon him. Instead, he shall be free at home without guilt, so that for one year he may rejoice with his wife.