Luke 14:19
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And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen and I go to try them. I pray thee, hold me excused.

Context
The Parable of the Banquet
18And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm and I must needs go out and see it. I pray thee, hold me excused. 19And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen and I go to try them. I pray thee, hold me excused. 20And another said: I have married a wife; and therefore I cannot come.…
Cross References
Luke 14:18
And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm and I must needs go out and see it. I pray thee, hold me excused.

Luke 14:20
And another said: I have married a wife; and therefore I cannot come.

Lexicon
Another
ἕτερος (heteros)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2087: (a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor. Of uncertain affinity; other or different.

said,
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

‘I have bought
ἠγόρασα (ēgorasa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 59: To buy. From agora; properly, to go to market, i.e. to purchase; specially, to redeem.

five
πέντε (pente)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4002: Five. A primary number; 'five'.

yoke
Ζεύγη (Zeugē)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2201: A yoke, team; hence: a pair. From the same as zugos; a couple, i.e. A team or brace.

of oxen
βοῶν (boōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1016: An ox, cow, bull. Probably from the base of bosko; an ox, i.e. An animal of that species.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

I am going
πορεύομαι (poreuomai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4198: To travel, journey, go, die.

to try
δοκιμάσαι (dokimasai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 1381: From dokimos; to test; by implication, to approve.

them [out].
αὐτά (auta)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

Please
ἐρωτῶ (erōtō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2065: Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.

excuse
παρῃτημένον (parētēmenon)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3868: From para and the middle voice of aiteo; to beg off, i.e. Deprecate, decline, shun.

me.’
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


Additional Translations
Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’

And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to prove them. I beg of you, hold me excused.'

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray you have me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee hold me for excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

"A second pleaded, "'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am on my way to try them. Pray hold me excused.'

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

'And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:
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