And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
- BSB Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
- NKJV Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’
- NASB And another one said, ‘I took a woman as my wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’
- NLT Another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
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Quick answer
A third says his new marriage prevents him from coming. Even good things become excuses when the heart resists God's call.
Overview
This guest does not even ask to be excused but flatly refuses. A legitimate joy like marriage is misused as a reason to decline the feast. Jesus warns that family and earthly relationships, though good, must not become idols that keep us from Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Deut 24:5When 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.
- 1 Cor 7:33But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
- Luke 18:29–30And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,
- Luke 14:26–28If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
- 1 Cor 7:29–31But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
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