20"Still another said, 'I just got married, so I can't come.'


In Context

17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.'

18 "But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, 'I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.'

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

20 "Still another said, 'I just got married, so I can't come.'

21 "The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.'

22 " 'Sir,' the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.'

Luke 14:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:20And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20And another said, I have married a wife: and therefore I cannot come.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20|Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.