Luke 14:20
King James Version (KJV)
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
In context
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.
Luke 14:20 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
- WEB World English Bible
- “Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And another said, I have married a wife: and therefore I cannot come.