Luke 14:20
“And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.”
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
Related Verses
“And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.”
“And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.”
“And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:”
“Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.”
“And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.”