Luke 14:19 Parallel Translations
NASB: "Another one said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.' (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Another said, 'I bought five pairs of oxen, and I'm on my way to see how well they plow. Please excuse me.'(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
ASV: And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused.
BBE: And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.
DBY: And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee hold me for excused.
ERV: And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
WEY: "A second pleaded, "'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am on my way to try them. Pray hold me excused.'
WBS: And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
WEB: "Another said,'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'
YLT: 'And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:
Luke 14:19 Cross References
XREF:Luke 14:18 "But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.'

Luke 14:20 "Another one said, 'I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.' (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
PNT: 14:18-20 Began to make excuse. The excuses show that they did not wish to be guests.
The first said, etc. The first pleads landed property; the second, business; the third, social considerations; none of them good excuses.
MHC: 14:15-24 In this parable observe the free grace and mercy of God shining in the gospel of Christ, which will be food and a feast for the soul of a man that knows its own wants and miseries. All found some pretence to put off their attendance. This reproves the Jewish nation for their neglect of the offers of Christ's grace. It shows also the backwardness there is to close with the gospel call. The want of gratitude in those who slight gospel offers, and the contempt put upon the God of heaven thereby, justly provoke him. The apostles were to turn to the Gentiles, when the Jews refused the offer; and with them the church was filled. The provision made for precious souls in the gospel of Christ, has not been made in vain; for if some reject, others will thankfully accept the offer. The very poor and low in the world, shall be as welcome to Christ as the rich and great; and many times the gospel has the greatest success among those that labour under worldly disadvantages and bodily infirmities. Christ's house shall at last be filled; it will be so when the number of the elect is completed.
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