Luke 14:17-19

English Standard Version Anglicised

¹⁷ And at the time for the banquet he ^(A)sent his servant^[a] to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ ¹⁸ But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’ ¹⁹ And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. Please excuse me.’