Catholic Public Domain Version
"And another said, ‘I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.’ "
— Luke 14:20, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.”
“And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. ”
“"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'”
“Another said,‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’”
“And another said: I have married a wife; and therefore I cannot come.”
“And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.”
“And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.”
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.’
And the lord said to the servant: ‘Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel them to enter, so that my house may be filled.