Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
Another said, 'I have married a wife; that is why I cannot 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.'
Montgomery New Testament
"'I have taken a wife,' said the another, 'and for that reason I am unable to 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 pair of oxen and I am going to try them. Pray consider me excused.' 20 Another said, 'I have married a wife; that is why I cannot come.' 21 The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house was enraged, and said to his servant, 'Quick, go out to the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the maimed, the blind, and the lame.'
Names
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:33
the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how best to satisfy his wife ??34 so he is torn in two directions. The unmarried woman or the maid is also anxious about the Lord's affairs, how to be consecrated, body and spirit; once married, she is anxious about worldly affairs, how best to satisfy her husband.
Luke 14:26-28
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, aye and his own life, he cannot be a disciple of mine;
Luke 18:29-30
He said to them, "I tell you truly, no one has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the Realm of God,
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
I mean, brothers, ??the interval has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,