Verse 20
Luke 14:20
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
20
And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ ἕτερος εἶπεν· Γυναῖκα ἔγημα καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐ δύναμαι ἐλθεῖν.
English Translation
And another said, "I married a woman, and for this reason I cannot come."
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Chapter 14 Context
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And it came to pass, when Yashua (Jesus) went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees, o...
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And behold, there was a certain man before him that had the dropsy.
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And Yashua (Jesus) answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on th...
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But they held their peace. But he taking him, healed him, and sent him away.
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And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not i...
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And they could not answer him to these things.
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And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the...
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When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourabl...
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And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place: and then thou begin wit...
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But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee, cometh,...
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Because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself, shall be ex...
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And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy fr...
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But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind;
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And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make thee recompense: for recompense s...
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When one of them that sat at table with him, had heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he t...
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But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.
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And he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that were invited, that they should com...
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And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm, and I must n...
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And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, hold me excuse...
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And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
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And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, being angry,...
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And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
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And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, t...
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But I say unto you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.
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And there went great multitudes with him. And turning, he said to them:
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If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, an...
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And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
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For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down, and reckon the charges tha...
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Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able ti finish it, all that see it begin to mock...
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Saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
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Or what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down, and think wheth...
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Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.
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So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple.
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