Luke 14 · Verse 20

Luke 14:20

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Luke 14:20, King James Version

Luke 14:20 in other translations

BSBStill another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
WEB“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
ASVAnd another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
YLTand another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.
DARBYAnd another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.
BBEAnd another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.
WebsterAnd another said, I have married a wife: and therefore I cannot come.

What does Luke 14:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 14:15-24

15-24. when one ... heard ... he said, Blessed, &c.--As our Lord's words seemed to hold forth the future "recompense" under the idea of a great Feast, the thought passes through this man's mind, how blessed they would be who should be honored to sit down to it. Our Lord's reply is in substance this: "The great Feast is prepared already; the invitations are issued, but declined; the feast, notwithstanding, shall not…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 20. I have married a wife, &c. Our Saviour here doubtless intends to teach us that the love of earthly relatives and friends often takes off the affections from God, and prevents our accepting the blessings which he would bestow on us. This was the most trifling excuse of all; and we cannot but be amazed that such excuses are suffered to interfere with our salvation, and that men can be satisfied for such reasons to exclude themselves from the kingdom of God.

(n) "I have married a wife" Lk 14:26, 1Cor 7:33

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 14:15-24

In this parable observe the free grace and mercy of God shining in the gospel of Christ, which will be food and a feast for the soul of a man that knows its own wants and miseries. All found some pretence to put off their attendance. This reproves the Jewish nation for their neglect of the offers of Christ's grace. It shows also the backwardness there is to close with the gospel call. The want of gratitude in those…

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Luke 14:20 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἕτεροςheterosanotherG2087
εἶπεν·eipensaid;G2036
γυναῖκαgunaikaA wifeG1135
ἔγημαegēmaI have marriedG1060
καὶkaiandG2532
διὰdiabecause ofG1223
τοῦτοtoutothisG3778
οὐounotG3756
δύναμαιdunamaiI am ableG1410
ἐλθεῖν.eltheinto come.G2064

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 14:20

  • Deuteronomy 24:5

    When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:33

    But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

  • Luke 18:29-30

    And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

  • Luke 14:26-28

    If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

  • 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

    But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
26-28; 18:29,30; 1Co 7:29-31,33

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 14:19

    And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

  • Luke 14:20

    And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

  • Luke 14:21

    So that servant came, and shewed 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 hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

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Luke 14:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el otro dijo: Acabo de casarme, y por tanto no puedo ir.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et un autre dit: J’ai épousé une femme, et à cause de cela je ne puis aller.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ein anderer sprach: Ich habe ein Weib geheiratet, und darum kann ich nicht kommen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et alius dixit: Uxorem duxi, et ideo non possum venire.