Verse 18

And they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it: I ask you to have me excused.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og de begynte alle å unnskylde seg. Den første sa til ham: Jeg har kjøpt et stykke mark, og jeg må nødvendigvis gå for å se på det; jeg ber deg, ha meg unnskyldt.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men de begynte alle å unnskylde seg. Den første sa til ham: 'Jeg har kjøpt en gård, og jeg må gå for å se på den; jeg ber deg, ha meg fritatt.'

• Norsk King James

  Og de begynte alle å unnskylde seg. Den første sa til ham: Jeg har kjøpt et stykke land og må gå og se på det; jeg ber deg, unnskyld meg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men alle begynte straks å unnskylde seg. Den første sa, ‘Jeg har kjøpt en åker, og jeg må gå og se på den. Vær så snill å unnskylde meg.’

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men de begynte alle som én å unnskylde seg. Den første sa til ham: Jeg har kjøpt et jordstykke, og jeg må gå og se det; jeg ber deg, ha meg unnskyldt.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Men alle som en begynte å unnskylde seg. Den første sa til ham: Jeg har kjøpt en jord, og jeg må gå ut og se på den; jeg ber deg, ha meg unnskyldt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men de begynte unnskyldning etter unnskyldning. Den første sa til ham: Jeg har kjøpt en åker, og jeg må ut og se på den. Jeg ber deg, unnskyld meg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Alle fant unnskyldninger. Den første sa: 'Jeg har kjøpt en tomt, og jeg må gå og se på den. Unnskyld meg, jeg ber deg.'

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men alle begynte straks å komme med unnskyldninger. Den første sa til ham: ‘Jeg har kjøpt et jordstykke, og jeg må gå og se på det. Jeg ber deg, la meg være unnskyldt.’

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Men alle begynte straks å komme med unnskyldninger. Den første sa til ham: ‘Jeg har kjøpt et jordstykke, og jeg må gå og se på det. Jeg ber deg, la meg være unnskyldt.’

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men alle begynte å unnskylde seg. Den første sa til ham: 'Jeg har kjøpt en gård, og jeg må gå og se den. Jeg ber deg, tillat meg å være unnskyldt.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Men de begynte alle som en å unnskylde seg. Den første sa til ham: 'Jeg har kjøpt en åker, og jeg må gå og se på den. Jeg ber deg, ha meg unnskyldt.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de begyndte alle strax at undskylde sig. Den Første sagde til ham: Jeg haver kjøbt en Ager og haver fornøden at gaae ud og see den; jeg beder dig, hav mig undskyldt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men de begynte alle å unnskylde seg. Den første sa: Jeg har kjøpt en åker og må gå ut for å se på den. Jeg ber deg unnskylde meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men alle begynte å unnskylde seg. En sa til ham: 'Jeg har kjøpt en åker, og jeg må gå og se den. Vær så snill å unnskylde meg.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men de begynte alle å unnskylde seg. Den første sa til ham: Jeg har kjøpt en åker, og jeg må gå ut og se på den. Jeg ber deg, ha meg unnskyldt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og de begynte alle som én å unnskylde seg. Den første sa til ham: Jeg har kjøpt en mark, og jeg må gå ut og se den; jeg ber deg unnskylde meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og de ga alle unnskyldninger for hvorfor de ikke kunne komme. Den første sa til ham: Jeg har kjøpt et nytt jorde, og jeg må gå for å se det; jeg beklager at jeg ikke kan komme.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And they all atonce begane to make excuse. The fyrst sayd vnto him: I have bought a ferme and I must nedes goo and se it I praye the have me excused.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And they begane all together to excuse the selues one after another: The first saide vnto hi: I haue bought a ferme, and I must nedes go forth and se it, I praye ye haue me excused.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But they all with one mind beganne to make excuse: The first saide vnto him, I haue bought a farme, and I must needes goe out and see it: I pray thee, haue me excused.

• 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.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹And they all with one› [consent] ‹began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They 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.'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they all with one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They 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.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him,‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’

Referenced Verses

• Isa 28:12-13 : 12 To whom he said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
• Luke 17:26-31 : 26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man. 27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 But on the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. 31 In that day, he who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, let him not come down to take them away: and he who is in the field, let him likewise not turn back.
• 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
• 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world.
• 2 Tim 4:4 : 4 And they will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned aside to fables.
• 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica; Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.
• Heb 12:16 : 16 Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
• Luke 18:24 : 24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!
• Luke 20:4-5 : 4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? 5 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him?
• John 1:11 : 11 He came to his own, and his own did not receive him.
• Acts 13:45-46 : 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
• Acts 18:5-6 : 5 And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. 6 And when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, 'Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.'
• Acts 28:25-27 : 25 And when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word, The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, 26 saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive. 27 For the heart of this people has grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, so that I should heal them.
• Isa 29:11-12 : 11 And the vision of all is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I cannot, for it is sealed. 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I am not learned.
• Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
• Jer 6:10 : 10 To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
• Jer 6:16-17 : 16 Thus says the LORD, Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it. 17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not listen.
• Matt 22:5-6 : 5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his business: 6 And the rest seized his servants, mistreated them spitefully, and killed them.
• Matt 24:38-39 : 38 For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
• Luke 8:14 : 14 And that which fell among thorns are they, who, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.