New English Translation
Luke 14:18
18But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’
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 Jesus said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests. 17At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’ But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’ 19Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.’ 20Another said, ‘I just got married, and 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- they allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- withἀπόapo · away fromG575
- oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
- beganἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
- to make excuseπαραιτέομαιparaiteomai · to refuse/excuseG3868
- The firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- I have boughtἀγοράζωagorazō · to buyG59
- a piece of groundἀγρόςagros · fieldG68
- ·ἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
- I must needsἀνάγκηanagkē · necessityG318
- goἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
- seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- I prayἐρωτάωerōtaō · to askG2065
- theeσύsu · youG4771
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
Cross-references for Luke 14:18
- Luke 20:4John’s baptism – was it from heaven or from people?”
- Isaiah 28:12In the past he said to them, “This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” But they refused to listen.
- Isaiah 29:11To you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read and say, “Read this,” he responds, “I can’t, because it is sealed.”
- Jeremiah 5:4I thought, “Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.
- Jeremiah 6:10I answered, “Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.
- Matthew 22:5But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
- John 1:11He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.
- John 5:40but you are not willing 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 they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.
- Acts 18:5Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
- Acts 28:25So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah
- Luke 8:14As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
- Luke 17:26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.
- Luke 18:24When Jesus noticed this, he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
- Matthew 24:38For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.
- 1 Timothy 6:9Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people 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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