‘Another said, “I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m going to try them out. I ask you to excuse me.”
Luke 14:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘And another said, “I just got married, and therefore I’m unable to come.” 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.’ Catholic Public Domain Version And another said, 'I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. |
‘Another said, “I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m going to try them out. I ask you to excuse me.”
‘So the servant came back and reported these things to his master. Then in anger, the master of the house told his servant, “Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in here the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.”
But the married man is concerned about the things of the world #– #how he may please his wife #– #
‘When a man takes a bride, he must not go out with the army or be liable for any duty. He is free to stay at home for one year, so that he can bring joy to the wife he has married.