18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a [a]piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; [b]please consider me excused.’ 19 Another one said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; [c]please consider me excused.’ 20 Another one said, ‘(A)I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 14:18 Or field
  2. Luke 14:18 Lit I request you
  3. Luke 14:19 Lit I request you