"And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come." — Luke 14:20

Luke 14:20 · KJV

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

— Luke 14:20

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

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.

Luke 14 — Context

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.

And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:5

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: {but} he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. {neither...: Heb. not any thing shall pass upon him}

1 Corinthians 7:33

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please {his} wife.

Luke 18:29-30

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

But this I say, brethren, the time {is} short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

Luke 14:26-28

If any {man} come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.