Luke 14:19 - Forerunner Commentary

Luke 14:19

17 and ^asent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’

18 But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’

19 And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’

20 Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’

21 So that servant came and reported these things to his master. 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 here the poor and the¹ maimed and the lame and the blind.’

22 And the servant said, ‘Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.’

23 Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

Verse Comparison: Luke 14:19

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

Amplified® Bible
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine {and} put my approval on them; I beg you, have me excused.

Contemporary English Version
Another guest said, "I bought five teams of oxen, and I need to try them out. Please excuse me."

Darby English Version
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee hold me for excused.

Good News Bible
Another one said, 'I have bought five pairs of oxen and am on my way to try them out; please accept my apologies.'

International Standard Version
Another said, 'I bought five pairs of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.'

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

New American Standard Bible
"Another one said, `I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.'

New International Version
"Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.'

New King James Version
And another said, "I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Another one said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I need to try them out; please consider me excused.'

Young's Literal Translation
`And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:

New English Translation
Another¹ said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen,² and I am going out³ to examine them. Please excuse me.’

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