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Luke 14:19
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Luke 14:19 · Webster Bible
Luke 14:19 in other translations
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
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In context
16 Then said he to him, A certain man made a great supper, and invited many:
17 And sent his servant at supper-time, to say to them that were invited, Come, for all things are now ready.
18 And they all with one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
20 And another said, I have married a wife: and therefore I cannot come.
21 So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
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