KJV King James Version
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.
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Luke 14:18
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
WEB World English Bible
They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’
ASV American Standard Version
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.
Surrounding context — Luke 14
15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed [is] he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
18 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.
19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἤρξαντοG757 · archōbe firstἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromμιᾶςG1520 · ehisoneπάντεςG3956 · pasallπαραιτεῖσθαι.¶G3868 · paraiteomaito refuse/excuseὉG3588 · hothe/this/whoπρῶτοςG4413 · prōtosfirstεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayαὐτῷ·G846 · autosit/s/heἀγρὸνG68 · agrosField ofἠγόρασαG59 · agorazōto buyκαὶG2532 · kaiandἔχωG2192 · echōto have/beἀνάγκηνG318 · anagkēnecessityἐξελθὼνG1831 · exerchomaito go outἰδεῖνG1492 · eidōto perceive: understandαὐτόν·G846 · autosit/s/heἐρωτῶG2065 · erōtaōto askσε,G4771 · suyouἔχεG2192 · echōto have/beμεG3165 · memeπαρῃτημένον.G3868 · paraiteomaito refuse/excuse
Cross-references
1 Timothy 6:9-10But 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.Luke 18:24And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!Luke 17:26-31And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.Isaiah 29:11-12And 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:Acts 18:5-6And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews [that] Jesus [was] Christ.John 1:11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.Jeremiah 5:4-5Therefore 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 4:4And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.Jeremiah 6:10To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear [is] uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.1 John 2:15-16Love 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.Luke 8:14And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of [this] life, and bring no fruit to perfection.John 5:40And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.Isaiah 28:12-13To 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.Matthew 24:38-39For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,Luke 20:4-5The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?Hebrews 12:16Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.Acts 13:45-46But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.2 Timothy 4:10For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
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