Luke 14:19

19 "A second pleaded, "`I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am on my way to try them. Pray hold me excused.'

Luke 14:19 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 14:19

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen
To plough the field with,

and I go to prove them:
this also being at, or near evening, was an unsuitable time to go into the field with yokes of oxen to try them, how they would draw the plough, and work in the field; the morning would have been a much more proper time:

I pray thee have me excused;
to the master of the feast: this man represents also the carnal and worldly Jews, who preferred temporal things before spiritual.

Luke 14:19 In-Context

17 At dinner-time he sent his servant to announce to those who had been invited, "`Come, for things are now ready.'

18 "But they all without exception began to excuse themselves. The first told him, "`I have purchased a piece of land, and must of necessity go and look at it. Pray hold me excused.'

19 "A second pleaded, "`I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am on my way to try them. Pray hold me excused.'

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

21 "So the servant came and brought these answers to his master, and they stirred his anger. "`Go out quickly,' he said, `into the streets of the city--the wide ones and the narrow. You will see poor men, and crippled, blind, lame: fetch them all in here.'