"And they all with one {consent} began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I mu…" — Luke 14:18

Luke 14:18 · KJV

“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.”

— Luke 14:18

Verse 17

And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

Verse 19

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

Luke 14 — Context

Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

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.

Cross References

Luke 18:24

And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

Luke 17:26-31

And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and {into} many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Isaiah 29:11-12

And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which {men} deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it {is} sealed: {book: or, letter}

Isaiah 28:12-13

To whom he said, This {is} the rest {wherewith} ye may cause the weary to rest; and this {is} the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

1 John 2:15-16

Love not the world, neither the things {that are} in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Jeremiah 5:4-5

Therefore I said, Surely these {are} poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, {nor} the judgment of their God.

2 Timothy 4:4

And they shall turn away {their} ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.