Luke 14:19

Luke 14:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
• New International Version (NIV)“Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’

Context of Luke 14:19

17and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.’ 18But 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.’ Another 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.’ 21And the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

Luke 14:19 word by word

καὶ ἕτερος εἶπεν· ζεύγη βοῶν ἠγόρασα πέντε καὶ πορεύομαι δοκιμάσαι αὐτά· ἐρωτῶ σε, ἔχε με παρῃτημένον.Read the interlinear

• Anotherἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• I have boughtἀγοράζωagorazō · to buyG59
• fiveπέντεpente · fiveG4002
• yokeζεῦγοςzeugos · a yoke/pairG2201
• of oxenβοῦςbous · oxG1016
• and I am goingπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• pleaseἐρωτάωerōtaō · to askG2065
• considerἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• me excusedπαραιτέομαιparaiteomai · to refuse/excuseG3868

Commentaries on Luke 14:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19I go to prove them - To try them, to see if he had made a good bargain. It is worthy of remark that this excuse was very trifling. He could as easily have tried them at any other time as then, and his whole conduct shows that he was more disposed to gratify “himself” than to accept the invitation of his friend. He was selfish; just as all sinners are, who, to gratify their own worldliness and sins, refuse to accept the offers of the gospel.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. 19oxen, and I am going to try them out: This is another weak excuse. No one would buy oxen without having seen them plow.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

Topics related to Luke 14:19

• Care
• Covetousness
• Excuses
• Feasts
• Gospel
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Opportunity
• Reproof
• Salvation
• Unbelief
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Compel
• Condition
• Consent
• Consult
• Exalt
• Excuse
• Halt
• Hate
• Worship
• Bid

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