Luke 14:19

19 And another sayd: I hove bought fyve yooke of oxen and I goo to prove them I praye the have 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 and sent his servaunt at supper tyme to saye to them that wer bidden come: for all thinges are now redy.

18 And they all atonce begane to make excuse. The fyrst sayd vnto him: I have bought a ferme and I must nedes goo and se it I praye the have me excused.

19 And another sayd: I hove bought fyve yooke of oxen and I goo to prove them I praye the have me excused.

20 The thyrde sayd: I have maried a wyfe and therfore I cannot come.

21 And the servaunt went and brought his master worde therof. Then was the good man of the housse displeased and sayd to his servaut: Goo out quickly into ye stretes and quarters of the cite and bringe in hidder the poore and the maymed and the halt and the blynde.