Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
"'I have taken a wife,' said the another, 'and for that reason I am unable to come.'
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Still another said, "I recently got married, so I can't come.'
A Conservative Version
And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I cannot come.
American Standard Version
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And the third person said, 'I just got married, so I cannot attend [the supper].'
Anderson New Testament
And another said, I have married a wife, and, for this reason, I can not come.
Bible in Basic English
And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.
Common New Testament
Still another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
another said, I have married a wife: 'tis therefore impossible for me to come.
Darby Translation
And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.
Godbey New Testament
Another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I am not able to come.
Goodspeed New Testament
Another said, 'I have married, and so I cannot come.'
John Wesley New Testament
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Julia Smith Translation
And another said, I have married wife, and therefore I cannot come.
King James 2000
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And another said, 'I have married a wife, and for this [reason] I am not able to come.'
Modern King James verseion
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The third said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'
Moffatt New Testament
Another said, 'I have married a wife; that is why I cannot come.'
NET Bible
Another said, 'I just got married, and I cannot come.'
New Heart English Bible
"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'
Noyes New Testament
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Sawyer New Testament
And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.
The Emphasized Bible
And, another, said - A wife, have I married, and, for this cause, I cannot come!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Twentieth Century New Testament
While the next said 'I am just married, and for that reason I am unable to come.'
Webster
And another said, I have married a wife: and therefore I cannot come.
Weymouth New Testament
"Another said, "'I am just married. It is impossible for me to come.'
Williams New Testament
Another said, 'I have just gotten married, and so I cannot come.'
World English Bible
"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'
Worrell New Testament
And another said, 'I married a wife; and, therefore, I cannot come.'
Worsley New Testament
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Youngs Literal Translation
and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.
Themes
Absorption » Business engagements take precedence with worldly men
Business » Cares » Engagements
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Business engagements take precedence with worldly men
Care » Causes of » Responsibility for husband or wife
overmuch Care » An obstruction to the gospel
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Pressure of business
Family » Cares » Responsibility for husband or wife
Gospel » Compared to » A feast
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates » The parable of the marriage banquet (in jerusalem)
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The great supper
Jesus Christ » History of » Dines with a pharisee on the sabbath (in peraea)
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Kingdom of heaven » Compared » To a king who made a marriage feast for his son
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Reproof » Faithfulness in » In the parables of jesus » Of the king's feast
Topics
Interlinear
Dia
References
Morish
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 14:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Great Banquet
19 "The second said: 'I have bought five yolk of oxen and am on my way to try them. I pray that you will have me excused.' 20 "'I have taken a wife,' said the another, 'and for that reason I am unable to come.' 21 "So the slave came and presented all these answers to his master. Then the master of the house was indignant, and said to his slave. 'Go out, quickly, into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the blind, the lame.'
Names
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:33
but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind.
Luke 14:26-28
"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
Luke 18:29-30
And he said to them, "In Solemn truth I tell you that there is no one who, for the sake of the kingdom of God, has left houses, or wife, or brother, or parents, or children,
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,