Luke 14:20

Green's Literal Translation

And another said, I married a wife, and for this reason I am not able to come.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“And another said, ‘I just got married,

King James Version (1611)
And another said, I haue maried a wife: and therefore I cannot come.

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

English Standard Version
And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

New American Standard Bible
"And another one said, 'I took a woman as my wife, and for that reason I cannot come.'

New Century Version
A third person said, ‘I just got married; I can't come.'

Amplified Bible
"And another said, 'I have [recently] married a wife, and for that reason I am unable to come.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Another one said, 'I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.'

Legacy Standard Bible
And another one said, ‘I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.'

Berean Standard Bible
Still another said, 'I have married a wife, so I cannot come.'

Contemporary English Version
Still another guest said, "I have just gotten married, and I can't be there."

Complete Jewish Bible
Still another said, ‘I have just gotten married, so I can't come.'

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

Easy-to-Read Version
A third man said, ‘I just got married; I can't come.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
And another said, I haue maried a wife, and therefore I can not come.

George Lamsa Translation
Another said, I have just taken a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

Good News Translation
Another one said, ‘I have just gotten married, and for that reason I cannot come.'

Lexham English Bible
And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and for this reason I am not able to come.'

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

Bible in Basic English
And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.

Hebrew Names Version
"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'

International Standard Version
Still another said, 'I recently got married, and that's why I can't come.'

Etheridge Translation
Another said, A wife have I taken, and therefore I cannot come.

Murdock Translation
Another said: I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And another sayde: I haue maryed a wyfe, and therfore I can not come.

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

World English Bible
Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Another said, "`I am just married. It is impossible for me to come.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And an othir seide, Y haue weddid a wijf; and therfor Y may not come.

Update Bible Version
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.

Webster's Bible Translation
And another said, I have married a wife: and therefore I cannot come.

New English Translation
Another said, ‘I just got married, and I cannot come.'

New King James Version
Still another said, "I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

New Living Translation
Another said, ‘I just got married, so I can't come.'

New Life Bible
And another one said, ‘I have just been married and I cannot come.'

New Revised Standard
Another said, ‘I have just been married, and therefore I cannot come.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, another, said - A wife, have I married, and, for this cause, I cannot come!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And another said: I have married a wife; and therefore I cannot come.

Revised Standard Version
And another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The thyrde sayd: I have maried a wyfe and therfore I cannot come.

Young's Literal Translation
and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the thirde sayde: I haue maried a wife, therfore can I not come.

Mace New Testament (1729)
another said, I have married a wife: 'tis therefore impossible for me to come.

THE MESSAGE
"And yet another said, ‘I just got married and need to get home to my wife.'

Simplified Cowboy Version
"And still another said, 'I just got married, and we have plans. Please accept our apologies.'

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ And one of those reclining with Him , hearing these things, he said to Him, Blessed are those eating bread in the kingdom of God. ¹⁶ But He said to him, A certain man made a great supper and invited many. ¹⁷ And he sent his slave at the supper hour to say to those who had been invited, Come, for now all is ready. ¹⁸ And all with one mind began to beg off. The first said to him, I have bought a field, and I have need to go out and see it; I ask you, have me excused. ¹⁹ And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen and I am going to try them out; I ask you, have me excused. ²⁰ And another said, I married a wife, and for this reason I am not able to come. ²¹ And having come up that slave reported these things to his lord. Then being angry, the housemaster said to his slave, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and maimed and lame and blind ones. ²² And the slave said, Sir, it has been done as you ordered, and still there is room. ²³ And the lord said to the slave, Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled. ²⁴ For I say to you that not one of those men who had been invited shall taste of my supper.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 14:26-28, Luke 18:29, Luke 18:30, 1 Corinthians 7:29-31, 1 Corinthians 7:33

Cross-References

Genesis 9:26
And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; and may Canaan be his slave.

Genesis 14:3
All these were joined together to the valley of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea.

Genesis 14:4
They served Chedorlaomer for twelve years, and the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Genesis 14:5
And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him came and struck the giants in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in the hills of Seir, as far as the oak of Paran, which is by the wilderness.

Genesis 14:9
with Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal the king of the nations, and Amraphel the king of Shinar, and Arioch the king of Ellasar; four kings with the five.

Genesis 14:17
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from smiting Chedorlaomer and the kings which were with him, to the valley of Shaveh, it being the valley of the king.

Genesis 14:19
And he blessed him and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of Heaven and earth;

Genesis 24:27
And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, who has not left off His kindness and His truth with my master, I being in the way, Jehovah guided me to the house of the brother of my master.

Genesis 28:22
and this stone which I have placed as a memorial pillar shall become the house of God; and all which You shall give to me, I will tithe the tenth to You.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And another said, I have married a wife,.... And his pretence might be, that he had his own marriage feast, and friends to attend, nor could he leave his wife directly; but his circumstances were such as made an invitation to a feast the more agreeable, and he might have brought his wife and friends along with him, who would have been as welcome as himself:

and therefore I cannot come. The Arabic version renders it, "therefore I will not go": this man is more rustic and rude than the former; he does not so much as desire to be excused; and represents such who are fond of their sensual lusts and pleasures, and are resolved to indulge them, and will not be taken off from them by any means whatever.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have married a wife ... - Our Saviour here doubtless intends to teach us that the love of earthly relatives and friends often takes off the affections from God, and prevents our accepting the blessings which he would bestow on us. This was the most trifling excuse of all; and we cannot but be amazed that “such” excuses are suffered to interfere with our salvation, and that people can be satisfied for “such” reasons to exclude themselves from the kingdom of God.