Lucas 14:20

20 Y el otro dijo: Acabo de casarme, y por tanto no puedo ir

Lucas 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.

Lucas 14:20 In-Context

18 Y comenzaron todos a una a excusarse. El primero le dijo: He comprado una hacienda, y necesito salir y verla; te ruego que me des por excusado

19 Y el otro dijo: He comprado cinco yuntas de bueyes, y voy a probarlos; te ruego que me des por excusado

20 Y el otro dijo: Acabo de casarme, y por tanto no puedo ir

21 Y vuelto el siervo, hizo saber estas cosas a su señor. Entonces enojado el padre de familia, dijo a su siervo: Ve presto por las plazas y por las calles de la ciudad, y mete acá los pobres, los mancos, y cojos, y ciegos

22 Y dijo el siervo: Señor, hecho es como mandaste, y aún hay lugar