KJV King James Version
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
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Luke 14:20
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
WEB World English Bible
“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
ASV American Standard Version
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.
Surrounding context — Luke 14
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.
22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.
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Deuteronomy 24:5When 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.1 Corinthians 7:33But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please [his] wife.Luke 14:26-28If 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.Luke 18:29-30And 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 7:29-31But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
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