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Luke 14:20
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Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
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And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
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“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
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And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
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And another said, ‘I married a wife, and because of this I am not able to come.’
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Luke 14
18 But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
19 Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20 Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
21 The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
22 ‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
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