Luke 14:19

19 Another one said, "I have bought five pairs of oxen and am on my way to try them out; please accept my apologies.'

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 When it was time for the feast, he sent his servant to tell his guests, "Come, everything is ready!'

18 But they all began, one after another, to make excuses. The first one told the servant, "I have bought a field and must go and look at it; please accept my apologies.'

19 Another one said, "I have bought five pairs of oxen and am on my way to try them out; please accept my apologies.'

20 Another one said, "I have just gotten married, and for that reason I cannot come.'

21 The servant went back and told all this to his master. The master was furious and said to his servant, "Hurry out to the streets and alleys of the town, and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'