Verse 20
Luke 14:20
World Messianic Bible
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“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t 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
1
When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they we...
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2
Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
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3
Yashua (Jesus), answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying,
“Is it lawful to heal on the...
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4
But they were silent.
He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
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5
He answered them,
“Which of you, if your son
or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull hi...
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6
They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
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7
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and sai...
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8
“When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps some...
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9
and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would...
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10
But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he...
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11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
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12
He also said to the one who had invited him,
“When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your fr...
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13
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
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14
and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid...
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15
When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he w...
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16
But he said to him,
“A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
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17
He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is rea...
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18
They all as one began to make excuses.
“The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must g...
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19
“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused...
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20
“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
21
“That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said...
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22
“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
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23
“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, th...
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24
For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’”
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25
Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
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26
“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard
his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and...
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27
Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
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28
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if h...
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29
Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to m...
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saying, ‘This man began to build, and wasn’t able to finish.’
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31
Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whe...
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32
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peac...
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33
So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
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34
Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
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35
It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear,...
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