Luke 14:19

19 Another said, "I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please accept my regrets.'

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 the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, "Come; for everything is ready now.'

18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, "I have bought a piece of land, and I must go out and see it; please accept my regrets.'

19 Another said, "I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please accept my regrets.'

20 Another said, "I have just been married, and therefore I cannot come.'

21 So the slave returned and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, "Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'