Luke 14:20

20 et alius dixit uxorem duxi et ideo non possum venire

Luke 14:20 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 14:20

And another said, I have married a wife,
&c.] And his pretence might be, that he had his own marriage feast, and friends to attend, nor could he leave his wife directly; but his circumstances were such as made an invitation to a feast the more agreeable, and he might have brought his wife and friends along with him, who would have been as welcome as himself:

and therefore I cannot come.
The Arabic version renders it, "therefore I will not go": this man is more rustic and rude than the former; he does not so much as desire to be excused; and represents such who are fond of their sensual lusts and pleasures, and are resolved to indulge them, and will not be taken off from them by any means whatever.

Luke 14:20 In-Context

18 et coeperunt simul omnes excusare primus dixit ei villam emi et necesse habeo exire et videre illam rogo te habe me excusatum

19 et alter dixit iuga boum emi quinque et eo probare illa rogo te habe me excusatum

20 et alius dixit uxorem duxi et ideo non possum venire

21 et reversus servus nuntiavit haec domino suo tunc iratus pater familias dixit servo suo exi cito in plateas et vicos civitatis et pauperes ac debiles et caecos et claudos introduc huc

22 et ait servus domine factum est ut imperasti et adhuc locus est