Luke 14:18

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And they all at once began to make excuse. The first sayde vnto hym: I haue bought a farme, & I must needes go & see it, I pray thee haue me excused.

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  • Isa 28:12-13 : 12 If any man say vnto them, lo, this is the rest wherewith ye may ease hym that is weerie, this is the refreshing: they wyll not hearken. 13 Therfore shall the word of the Lord be vnto them, lesson vpon lesson, commaundement vpon commaundement, rule vpon rule, instruction vpon instruction, there a litle, and there a litle: that they may go on and fall backwarde, be brused, tangled, and snared.
  • Luke 17:26-31 : 26 And as it was in the dayes of Noe: so shall it be also in the dayes of the sonne of man. 27 They dyd eate, and drynke, they maryed wiues, and were maryed, euen vnto the same day that Noe went into the Arke: and the fludde came, & destroyed them all. 28 Lykewyse also as it was in the dayes of Lot: they dyd eate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they buylded: 29 But euen the same day that Lot went out of Sodome, it rayned fire and brimstone from heauen, and destroyed them all. 30 Euen thus shall it be, in the day when the sonne of man shalbe reuealed. 31 At that day, he which is on the house top, and his stuffe in the house, let him not come downe to take it out: And let not him that is in the fielde, turne backe agayne lykewyse, to the thynges that he left behynde.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction. 10 For loue of money, is the roote of all euyll, whiche whyle some lusted after, they erred from the fayth, & pearced the selues through with many sorowes.
  • 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 See that ye loue not the worlde, neither the thynges that are in the worlde. If any man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in hym. 16 For all that is in the worlde, as the lust of the fleshe, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but of the worlde.
  • 2 Tim 4:4 : 4 And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth, and shalbe turned vnto fables.
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, hauing loued this present worlde, and is departed vnto Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus vnto Dalmatia.
  • Heb 12:16 : 16 Let there be no fornicator or vncleane person, as Esau, which for one morsell of meate, solde his birthryght.
  • Luke 18:24 : 24 When Iesus sawe that he was sory, he sayde: With what difficultie shall they that haue money, enter into the kyngdome of God?
  • Luke 20:4-5 : 4 The baptisme of Iohn, was it from heauen, or of men? 5 And they reasoned within the selues, saying, Yf we say from heauen, he wyll say, why then beleued ye hym not?
  • John 1:11 : 11 He came among his owne, and his owne receaued hym not.
  • John 5:40 : 40 And yet wyll ye not come to me, that ye myght haue lyfe.
  • Acts 13:45-46 : 45 But when the Iewes sawe the people, they were full of indignation, and spake agaynst those thynges which were spoken of Paul, speakyng against, and raylyng. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas wared bolde, and sayde: It was meete that the worde of God shoulde first haue ben spoken to you: but seeyng ye put it from you, and thynke your selues vnworthy of euerlastyng lyfe, loe, we turne to the Gentiles,
  • Acts 18:5-6 : 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come fro Macedonia, Paul was constrayned by the spirite to testifie to the Iewes that Iesus was Christe. 6 And when they sayde contrary, and blasphemed, he shoke his rayment, & said vnto them: Your blood be vpon your owne heades. From hencefoorth wyll I go blamelesse vnto the gentiles.
  • Acts 28:25-27 : 25 And when they agreed not among them selues, they departed after that Paul had spoken one worde, that is to say well spake the holy ghost by Esaias the prophete, vnto our fathers, 26 Saying: Go vnto this people, and say, with your eares shall ye heare, and shall not vnderstande: and with your eyes shall ye see, and not perceaue. 27 For the heart of this people is waxed grosse, & their eares are dull of hearing, and their eyes haue they closed: lest they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstande with their heartes, and shoulde be conuerted, and I shoulde heale them.
  • Isa 29:11-12 : 11 And the vision of all the prophetes is become vnto you as the wordes of a booke that is sealed vp, whiche men deliuer to one that is learned, saying, Reade thou in it: and he saith, I can not, for it is sealed. 12 And the booke is geuen to him that is not learned, saying, Reade thou in it: and he saith, I am not learned.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Therfore I thought in my selfe: peraduenture they are so simple & foolishe that they vnderstande nothyng of the Lordes way, and iudgementes of their God. 5 Therfore will I go vnto their heades and rulers, and talke with them, if they knowe the way of the Lord, and iudgementes of their God: But these in lyke maner haue broken the yoke, and burst the bondes in sunder.
  • Jer 6:10 : 10 But vnto whom shall I speake? whom shall I warne that he may take heede? Their eares are so vncircumcised, that they may not heare: beholde, they take the worde of God but for a scorne, and haue no lust therto.
  • Jer 6:16-17 : 16 Thus saith the Lorde, Go into the streetes, consider and make inquisition for the olde way, and if it be the good and right way, then go therein, that ye may finde rest for your soules: but they say, we wyll not walke therin. 17 Moreouer, I wyl set watchmen ouer you, and therefore take heede vnto the voyce of the trumpet: but they say, we wyll not take heede.
  • Matt 22:5-6 : 5 But they made lyght of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, another to his marchaundize: 6 And the remnaunt toke his seruauntes, and entreated them spitefully, and slewe them.
  • Matt 24:38-39 : 38 For as in the dayes that went before the fludde, they dyd eate, and drynke, marry, and geue in maryage, euen vntyll the day that Noe entred into the Arke: 39 And knewe not, tyll the fludde came, and toke them all away: So shall also the commyng of the sonne of man be.
  • Luke 8:14 : 14 And that which fell among thornes, are they, which whe they haue hearde, go foorth, and are choked with cares & ryches, and voluptuous lyuyng, & bring foorth no fruite.

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  • Luke 14:19-25
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    19And another sayde: I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen, and I go to proue them, I pray thee haue me excused.

    20And another sayde: I haue maryed a wyfe, and therfore I can not come.

    21And the seruaunt returned, & shewed his maister these thynges. Then was the good man of the house displeased, & sayde to his seruaunt: Go out quickly into the brode streates and lanes of the citie, and bryng in hyther the poore, and the feeble, and the halt, and the blynde.

    22And the seruaunt sayde: Lorde, it is done as thou hast commaunded, and yet there is rowme.

    23And the Lorde sayde to the seruaunt: Go out into the hye wayes & hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house may be fylled.

    24For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bydden, shall taste of my supper.

    25There went a great companie with hym: and he returned, and sayde vnto them,

  • Luke 14:16-17
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    16Then sayde he vnto hym. A certayne man ordayned a great supper, and bad many,

    17And sent his seruaunt at supper tyme, to say to them that were bydden, come, for all thynges are nowe redy.

  • Matt 22:3-5
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    3And sent foorth his seruauntes, to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they woulde not come.

    4Agayne, he sent foorth other seruauntes, saying: Tell them which are bidden, beholde, I haue prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlynges are kylled, and all thynges are redy: come vnto the mariage.

    5But they made lyght of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, another to his marchaundize:

  • Luke 14:7
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    7He put foorth also a similitude to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe rowmes, and sayde vnto them:

  • Matt 22:8-11
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    8Then sayde he to his seruauntes, the mariage in dede is prepared: But they which were bidden, were not worthy.

    9Go ye therfore out into the hye wayes: and as many as ye fynde, bid them to the mariage.

    10And the seruauntes went out into the hye wayes, and gathered together all, as many as they coulde fynde, both good and bad: and the weddyng was furnished with ghestes.

    11Then the kyng came in, to see the ghestes: and whe he spyed there a man, which had not on a weddyng garmet,

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    1And he beganne to speake vnto them by parables. A certayne man planted a vineyarde, and compassed it about with an hedge, and ordeyned a wynepresse, and built a towre, and let it out vnto husbande men: and went into a straunge countrey.

    2And when the tyme was come, he sent to the husbande men a seruaunt, that he myght receaue of the husbandmen, of the fruite of the vineyarde.

  • Matt 21:28-30
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    28But what thynke you? A man had two sonnes, and came to the firste, and saide: sonne, go and worke to day in my vineyarde.

    29He aunswered and saide, I wyll not: but afterwarde he repented, and went.

    30Then came he to the seconde, & sayde lykewyse. And he aunswered & saide, I wyll sir, and went not.

  • Luke 16:5
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    5So, whe he had called all his maisters detters together, he sayde vnto the first: Howe muche owest thou vnto my maister?

  • Matt 25:18
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    18But he that receaued that one, went and digged in the earth, and hyd his Lordes money.

  • Luke 9:61
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    61And another sayde: Lorde I wyll folowe thee, but let me first go byd them farewell, which are at home at my house.

  • Luke 20:9-10
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    9Then began he to put foorth to the people this parable. A certayne man planted a vineyarde, and let it foorth to husbande men, and went hym selfe into a straunge countrey for a great season.

    10And when the time was come, he sent a seruaunt to the husbande men, that they shoulde geue hym of the fruite of the vineyarde. And they beat hym, and sent hym away emptie.

  • Luke 11:7
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    7And he within aunswere, & say, trouble me not, the doore is nowe shut, and my children are with me in bedde, I can not ryse and geue thee.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7But which of you, hauyng a seruaunt plowyng, or feedyng cattell, woulde say vnto hym by & by when he were come from the fielde, go and syt downe at the table:

    8And woulde not rather say vnto hym, dresse, wherwith I may suppe, & gyrde vp thy selfe, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, and afterward eate thou, and drynke thou?

  • Luke 19:12
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    12He sayde therfore: A certayne noble man went into a farre countrey, to receaue for hym selfe a kyngdome, and to come agayne.

  • Matt 25:10
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    10And whyle they went to bye, the brydegome came: and they that were redy, went in with hym, to ye maryage, and the gate was shut vp.

  • Luke 9:59
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    59And he sayde vnto another, folowe me. And the same sayde: Lorde, suffer me first to go and burie my father.

  • Matt 20:4
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    4And saide vnto them: Go ye also into ye vineyard, & whatsoeuer is right, I wyl geue you. And they went their way.

  • Matt 20:6-7
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    6And about the eleuenth houre, he wet out, and founde other standyng idle, and saide vnto them: why stande ye here all the day idle?

    7They saye vnto him: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayth vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde, and whatsoeuer is ryght, that shall ye receaue.

  • Luke 14:12
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    12Then sayde he also to hym that bad hym to meate: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friendes, nor thy brethren, neither thy kynsemen, nor thy ryche neyghbours, lest they also byd thee agayne, and a recompence be made thee.

  • Luke 15:26
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    26And called one of his seruauntes, and asked, what those thynges meant.

  • Matt 20:1-2
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    1For the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man, that is an householder, whiche went out earlye in the mornyng to hire labourers into his vineyarde.

    2And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, & sent them into his vineyarde.

  • Matt 21:33-34
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    33Hearken another similitude. There was a certayne man, an householder, which made a vineyarde, & hedged it rounde about, and made a wynepresse in it, and buylt a towre, and let it out to husbande men: and went into a strange countrey.

    34And when the time of the fruite drewe neare, he sent his seruauntes to the husbande men, that they might receaue the fruites of it.

  • Matt 8:21
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    21And another, of the number of his disciples, sayde vnto hym: Lorde, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

  • Deut 20:6
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    6And if any man haue planted a vineyarde, and haue not made it comon: let hym go and returne agayne vnto his house, lest he dye in the battayle, and another make it common,

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    14Lykewyse, as a certayne man, redy to take his iourney into a straunge countrey, called his owne seruauntes, and delyuered vnto them his goodes.

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    29And his felowe fel downe at his feete, and besought him, saying: haue pacience with me, and I wyll pay thee all.

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    23Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen, lykened vnto a certayne man, that was a kyng, which woulde take accomptes of his seruauntes.

    24And when he had begunne to recken, one was brought vnto hym, which ought hym ten thousande talentes.

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    17And he thought within him selfe, saying, What shall I do, because I haue no rowme where to bestow my fruites?

  • Luke 14:9
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    9And he, that bad hym and thee, come, and say to thee, geue this man rowme: & thou then begyn with shame, to take the lowest rowme.