Verse 20

And another sayde: I haue maryed a wyfe, and therfore I can not come.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:33 : 33 But he that hath maryed awyfe, careth for the thinges that are of the worlde, how he may please his wyfe.
  • Deut 24:5 : 5 When a man taketh a newe wyfe, he shall not go a warfare, neither shalbe charged with any businesse: but shalbe free at home one yere, and reioyce with his wyfe whiche he hath taken.
  • Luke 14:26-28 : 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wyfe, and chyldren, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his owne lyfe also, he can not be my disciple. 27 And whosoeuer doth not beare his crosse, and come after me, can not be my disciple. 28 For which of you, disposed to buylde a towre, sitteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to perfourme it?
  • Luke 18:29-30 : 29 He sayde vnto them. Ueryly I say vnto you: there is no man that hath forsaken house, either father, or mother, either brethren, or wyfe, or chyldren, for the kyngdome of Gods sake. 30 Which shall not receaue much more in this worlde, and in the worlde to come, lyfe euerlastyng.
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 But this say I brethren, the tyme is short: It remayneth, that they which haue wyues, be as though they had none: 30 And they that wepe, as though they wept not: & they that reioyce, as though they reioyced not: and they that bye, as though they possessed not: 31 And they that vse this worlde, as though they vsed it not: For the fashion of this worlde goeth away.