Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And another said, 'I have married a wife, and for this [reason] I am not able 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.
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.'
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 And another said, 'I have purchased five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you, consider me excused.' 20 And another said, 'I have married a wife, and for this [reason] I am not able to come.' 21 And the slave came [and] reported these [things] to his master. Then the master of the house became angry [and] said to his slave, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame!'
Names
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:33
But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
Deuteronomy 24:5
"When a man takes a new wife he shall not go out with the army, and {he shall not be obligated with anything}; he shall be free from obligation, {to stay at home} for one year, and he shall bring joy [to] his wife that he took.
Luke 14:26-28
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, {he cannot be} my disciple.
Luke 18:29-30
And he said to them, "Truly I say to you that there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children on account of the kingdom of God,
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
But I say this, brothers: the time is shortened, that from now on even those who have wives should be as [if they] do not have [wives],