Luke 14:20 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 14:20

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’

YLT

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

DBT

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

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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5 verses on the floor

Deuteronomy 24:5
When 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 7:33
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:29–31
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
Luke 14:26–28
If 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 18:29–30
And 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,

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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The great law of discipleship laid down, with a caution to all that will be Christ's disciples to undertake it deliberately and with consideration, and particularly to ministers, to retain their savour,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Our Lord's reply is in substance this: "The great Feast is prepared already; the invitations are issued, but declined; the feast, notwithstanding, shall not want abundance of guests; but not one of its present contemners--who shall yet come to sue for admission--shall be allowed to taste of it." This shows what was lacking in the seemingly pious exclamation of this man.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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G106028× in canon G208797× in canon G1410207× in canon G1135211× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

LUK 14:201CO 7:33 1PE 3:7
LUK 14:201CO 7:33 COL 3:19
LUK 14:20DEU 24:5 DEU 20:7
LUK 14:20DEU 24:5 PRO 5:18
LUK 14:20DEU 24:5 TIT 2:4-5
LUK 14:20DEU 24:5 GEN 2:24
LUK 14:20DEU 24:5 MRK 10:6-9
LUK 14:201CO 7:33 1TI 5:8

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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