Luke 14:20

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • 1 Cor 7:33 : 33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
  • Deut 24:5 : 5 When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.
  • Luke 14:26-28 : 26 "If anyone comes to me, and doesn't disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple. 27 Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
  • Luke 18:29-30 : 29 He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake, 30 who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life."
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none; 30 and those who weep, as though they didn't weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn't rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn't possess; 31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.

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    87%

    16But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

    17He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'

    18They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

    19"Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'

  • Luke 14:21-27
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    21"That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

    22"The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'

    23"The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

    24For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'"

    25Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,

    26"If anyone comes to me, and doesn't disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.

    27Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.

  • Matt 22:1-5
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    1Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,

    2"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

    3and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

    4Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"'

    5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,

  • Deut 20:6-7
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    6What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.

    7What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her."

  • Matt 22:8-12
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    8"Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy.

    9Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'

    10Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

    11But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,

    12and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless.

  • Luke 9:61-62
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    61Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house."

    62But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."

  • Matt 21:28-30
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    28But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'

    29He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.

    30He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.

  • Luke 11:6-7
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    6for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,'

    7and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?

  • Matt 19:10
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    10His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."

  • Luke 14:7-8
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    7He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

    8"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

  • Matt 25:10-11
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    10While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

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    34Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.

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    29He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,

  • Mark 10:29
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    29Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,

  • Deut 28:30
    68%

    30You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use its fruit.

  • Luke 9:59
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    59He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

  • Matt 8:21
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    21Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

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    14For many are called, but few chosen."

  • Prov 7:19
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    19For my husband isn't at home. He has gone on a long journey.

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    25But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

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    34He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

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    39I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not follow me?'

  • Luke 14:33
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    33So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple.

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    6But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

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    12He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

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    28But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.