Luke 14:18-20

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁸ “But without exception^[a] they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

¹⁹ “Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m going to try them out. I ask you to excuse me.’

²⁰ “And another said, ‘I just got married,^[b](A) and therefore I’m unable to come.’