Luke 14:19

19 Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please 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 He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'

18 They all as one began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

19 Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'

20 Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'

21 That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'