New American Standard Bible 1995
Luke 14:18
18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a 1piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; 2please consider me excused.’
Luke 14:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)“But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)But 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.’
Context of Luke 14:18
16But He said to him, “A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many; 17and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.’ But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.’ 19Another one said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.’ 20Another one said, ‘I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’
Read all of Luke 14Luke 14:18 word by word
καὶ ἤρξαντο ἀπὸ μιᾶς πάντες παραιτεῖσθαι.¶ Ὁ πρῶτος εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἀγρὸν ἠγόρασα καὶ ἔχω ἀνάγκην ἐξελθὼν ἰδεῖν αὐτόν· ἐρωτῶ σε, ἔχε με παρῃτημένον.Read the interlinear
- But they allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- alikeἀπόapo · away fromG575
- alikeεἷςheis · oneG1520
- beganἄρχωarchō · be firstG757
- to makeπαραιτέομαιparaiteomai · to refuse/excuseG3868
- The firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
- oneπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- to him, ‘I have boughtἀγοράζωagorazō · to buyG59
- pieceἀγρόςagros · Field ofG68
- and I needἀνάγκηanagkē · necessityG318
- to goἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
- out and lookὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- pleaseἐρωτάωerōtaō · to askG2065
- considerἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
Cross-references for Luke 14:18
- Luke 20:4Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?”
- Isaiah 28:12He who said to them, “Here is rest, give rest to the weary,” And, “Here is repose,” but they would not listen.
- Isaiah 29:11The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
- Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, “They are only the poor, They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the Lord Or the ordinance of their God.
- Jeremiah 6:10To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the Lord has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.
- Matthew 22:5But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,
- John 1:11He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.
- John 5:40and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.
- Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming.
- Acts 18:5But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
- Acts 28:25And when they did not agree with one another, they began leaving after Paul had spoken one parting word, “The Holy Spirit rightly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers,
- Luke 8:14The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
- Luke 17:26And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
- Luke 18:24And Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!
- Matthew 24:38For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.
Commentaries on Luke 14:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18I have bought a piece of ground - Perhaps he had purchased it on condition that he found it as good as it had been represented to him. I must needs go - I have necessity, or am obliged to go and see it; possibly pleading a contract or an agreement that he would go soon and examine it. However, we may learn from this that sinners sometimes plead that they are under a “necessity” to neglect the affairs of religion. The affairs of the world, they pretend…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-24Verses 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 who slight gospel offers…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18They all began to make excuses: All these excuses would have deeply offended the host, who had spent much time and money preparing this important social event. These guests had already accepted the invitation, and their excuses were weak. Clearly, they did not want to come to the banquet. I have bought a field, and I need to go see it: No one would buy a field without seeing it first.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2415-24. 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 want abundance of guests; but not one of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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