Luke 14:20 “Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’”

Luke 14:20

Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

World English Bible

“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’

American Standard Version

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

Geneva Bible 1599

And another said, I haue maried a wife, and therefore I can not come.

Darby Translation

And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

Young's Literal Translation

and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.

Bible in Basic English

And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.

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Cross references

“And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.”

1 Corinthians 7:33 Luke 14:26–28 1 Corinthians 7:29–31 Luke 18:29 Luke 18:30

1 Corinthians 7:33 · BSB

But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,

Luke 14:26–28 · BSB

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

1 Corinthians 7:29–31 · BSB

What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

Luke 18:29 · BSB

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

Luke 18:30 · BSB

will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”

Also

Deuteronomy 24:5

Deuteronomy 24:5 · BSB

If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’

21The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

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