Luke 14:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’”
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BSBPD
“Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Luke 14:20 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 24:5If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
- Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
- Luke 18:29“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
- 1 Corinthians 7:29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
- 1 Corinthians 7:33But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
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