Luke 14:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 87%

    16 Then sayde he vnto hym. A certayne man ordayned a great supper, and bad many,

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

    18 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.

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

  • 79%

    21 And 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.

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

    23 And 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.

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

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

    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.

  • Matt 22:1-5
    5 verses
    76%

    1 And Iesus aunswered, and spake vnto them againe by parables, and sayde:

    2 The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man that was a kyng, which made a mariage for his sonne.

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

    4 Agayne, 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.

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

  • Deut 20:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 And 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,

    7 And if any man be betrouthed vnto a wyfe, and haue not taken her: let hym go and returne agayne vnto his house, lest he dye in the battayle, and another man take her.

  • Matt 22:8-12
    5 verses
    72%

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

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

    10 And 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.

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

    12 He sayde vnto hym: frende, howe camest thou in hyther, not hauyng a weddyng garment? And he was euen speachlesse.

  • Luke 9:61-62
    2 verses
    72%

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

    62 Iesus sayde vnto hym: No man that putteth his hande to the plowe, and loketh backe, is apt to the kyngdome of God.

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

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

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

  • Luke 11:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6 For a friende of mine is come out of the way to me, and I haue nothyng to set before hym:

    7 And 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.

  • 10 His disciples say vnto hym: If the matter be so betwene man and wyfe, then is it not good to mary.

  • Luke 14:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

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

    8 When thou art bydden of any man to a weddyng, syt not downe in the hyest rowme: lest a more honourable man then thou, be bydden of hym,

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    10 And 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.

    11 Afterwarde came also the other virgins, saying: Lorde, Lorde, open to vs.

  • 34 Iesus aunswered and saide vnto the: The chyldren of this worlde marrye wyues, and are marryed:

  • 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.

  • 29 Iesus aunswered, & sayde: Ueryly I say vnto you, there is no man that hath forsaken house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wyfe, or chyldren, or landes, for my sake and the Gospels,

  • 30 Thou shalt be betrouthed vnto a wyfe, and another man shall lye with her: Thou shalt buylde an house, and not dwell therein: thou shalt also plant a vineyarde, and shalt not gather the grapes.

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

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

  • 14 For many be called, but fewe are chosen.

  • 19 For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of.

  • 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde, and his wyfe, and chyldren, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

  • 34 He sayde vnto them. Can ye make the chyldren of the weddyng chaumber fast, whyle the brydegrome in with the?

  • 39 And I sayde vnto my maister: peraduenture the woman wyll not folowe me.

  • 33 So lykewyse, whosoeuer he be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he can not be my disciple.

  • 6 And euen at mydnyght, there was a crye made: beholde, the brydegrome commeth, go out to meete hym.

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

  • 28 And he was angry, and woulde not go in: Therfore came his father out, and entreated hym.