“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.’”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Luke 14 contains 35 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.