Luke 14:20
and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.
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- 1 Cor 7:33 : 33 and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.
- Deut 24:5 : 5 `When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and `one' doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.
- Luke 14:26-28 : 26 `If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple; 27 and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple. 28 `For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he have the things for completing?
- Luke 18:29-30 : 29 and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God, 30 who may not receive back manifold more in this time, and in the coming age, life age-during.'
- 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having; 30 and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing; 31 and those using this world, as not using `it' up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.
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- Luke 14:16-194 verses87%
16 and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many,
17 and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.
18 `And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.
19 `And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:
- Luke 14:21-277 verses79%
21 `And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.
22 `And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.
23 `And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;
24 for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'
25 And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,
26 `If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
27 and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
- Matt 22:1-55 verses76%
1 And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,
2 `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,
3 and he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.
4 `Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things `are' ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;
5 and they, having disregarded `it', went away, the one to his own field, and the other to his merchandise;
- Deut 20:6-72 verses72%
6 `And who `is' the man that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not made it common? -- let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man make it common.
7 `And who `is' the man that hath betrothed a woman, and hath not taken her? -- let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man take her.
- Matt 22:8-125 verses72%
8 then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy,
9 be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.
10 `And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining.
11 `And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,
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61 And another also said, `I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;'
62 and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'
- Matt 21:28-303 verses72%
28 `And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'
29 And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.
30 `And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I `go', sir, and went not;
- Luke 11:6-72 verses71%
6 seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,
7 and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.
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10 His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.'
- Luke 14:7-82 verses71%
7 And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,
8 `When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,
- Matt 25:10-112 verses71%
10 `And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;
11 and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us;
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34 And Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage,
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29 and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,
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29 And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news',
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30 `A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common;
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59 And he said unto another, `Be following me;' and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'
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21 And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'
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14 for many are called, and few chosen.'
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19 For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey.
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25 and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made.
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34 And he said unto them, `Are ye able to make the sons of the bride-chamber -- in the bridegroom being with them -- to fast?
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39 `And I say unto my lord, It may be the woman doth not come after me;
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33 `So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.
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6 and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.
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12 He said therefore, `A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,
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28 `And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;