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Luke 14:18

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’

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ASV

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.

KJV

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
ἤρξαντοērxantobeganG757 →
ἀπὸapowithG575 →
μιᾶςmiasone [voice]G1520 →
πάντεςpantesallG3956 →
παραιτεῖσθαι.¶paraiteisthaito excuse themselves.G3868 →
ὉHoTheG3588 →
πρῶτοςprōtosfirstG4413 →
εἶπενeipensaidG2036 →
αὐτῷ·autōto him;G846 →
ἀγρὸνagronA fieldG68 →
ἠγόρασαēgorasaI have boughtG59 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἔχωechōI haveG2192 →
ἀνάγκηνanagkēnneedG318 →
ἐξελθὼνexelthōngoing outG1831 →
ἰδεῖνideinto seeG1492 →
αὐτόν·autonit;G846 →
ἐρωτῶerōtōI beg ofG2065 →
σε,seyou,G4771 →
ἔχεechedo holdG2192 →
μεmemeG3165 →
παρῃτημένον.parētēmenonexcused.G3868 →

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Luke 17:26–31Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:1 Timothy 6:9–10Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.Luke 18:24Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!Acts 18:5–6And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.Matthew 24:38–39For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.Jeremiah 5:4–5Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.John 1:11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.Luke 8:14The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.Isaiah 28:12–13to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.John 5:40yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.1 John 2:15–16Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.2 Timothy 4:4So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.Isaiah 29:11–12And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”Jeremiah 6:10To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.2 Timothy 4:10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.Hebrews 12:16See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.Acts 13:45–46But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.Luke 20:4–5John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”

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