Luke 14:20
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And another said: I have married a wife; and therefore I cannot come.

Luke 14:26-28 If 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. . . .

Luke 18:29,30 Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath left home or parents or brethren or wife or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, . . .

1 Corinthians 7:29-31,33 This therefore I say, brethren: The time is short. It remaineth, that they also who have wives be as if they had none: . . .

Context
The Parable of the Banquet
19And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen and I go to try them. I pray thee, hold me excused. 20And another said: I have married a wife; and therefore I cannot come. 21And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. 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 feeble and the blind and the lame.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:5
When a man hath lately taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any public business be enjoined him, but he shall be free at home without fault, that for one year he may rejoice with his wife.

Luke 14:19
And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen and I go to try them. I pray thee, hold me excused.

Luke 14:21
And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. 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 feeble and the blind and the lame.

1 Corinthians 7:33
But he that is with a wife is solicitous for the things of the world: how he may please his wife. And he is divided.

Lexicon
Still
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

another
ἕτερος (heteros)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2087: (a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor. Of uncertain affinity; other or different.

said,
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

‘I have married
ἔγημα (egēma)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1060: To marry, used of either sex. From gamos; to wed.

a wife,
Γυναῖκα (Gynaika)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

so
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

I cannot
δύναμαι (dynamai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1410: (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.

come.’
ἐλθεῖν (elthein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.


Additional Translations
Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’

And another said, 'I have married a wife, and because of this I am not able to come.'

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

And another said, I have married a wife: and therefore I cannot come.

"Another said, "'I am just married. It is impossible for me to come.'

"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'

and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.
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