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Luke 14:19 KJV
Luke · chapter 14 · verse 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 · King James Version
Luke 14:19 in context
17And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
18And 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.
19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21So that servant came, and shewed 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- boughtagorazōto be in the market place, to attend it, to do business there, buy or sell, of idle…G59 →
- provedokimazōto test, examine, prove, scrutinise , as metals, to recognise as genuine after…G1381 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- fivepentefiveG4002 →
- yokezeugostwo draught cattle yoked together, a pair or yoke of beasts, a pairG2201 →
- oxenbousan ox, a cowG1016 →
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Here is another discourse of our Saviour's, in which he spiritualizes the feast he was invited to, which is another way of keeping up good discourse in the midst of common actions. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-24