Luke 14:20
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
KJV
καὶ ἕτερος εἶπεν· γυναῖκα ἔγημα καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐ δύναμαι ἐλθεῖν.
Greek NT
Et alius dixit : Uxorem duxi, et ideo non possum venire.
Vulgate
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
ASV
And another said: I have married a wife; and therefore I cannot come.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γαμέω
gameo
verb · 28×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἕτερος
eteros
adjective · 99×
Parable
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 7:33 — But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
- Deut 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.