Catholic Public Domain Version
"And another said: ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.’ "
— Luke 14:19, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.”
“And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused. ”
“"Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'”
“Another said,‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.’”
“And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen and I go to try them. I pray thee, hold me excused.”
“And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.”
“And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.”
So he said to him: “A certain man prepared a great feast, and he invited many.
And he sent his servant, at the hour of the feast, to tell the invited to come; for now everything was ready.
And at once they all began to make excuses. The first said to him: ‘I bought a farm, and I need to go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’
And another said: ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.’
And another said, ‘I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.’
And returning, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the father of the family, becoming angry, said to his servant: ‘Go out quickly into the streets and neighborhoods of the city. And lead here the poor, and the disabled, and the blind, and the lame.’
And the servant said: ‘It has been done, just as you ordered, lord, and there is still room.’