Luke 14:18-20 Then all of them, in the same way, began to excuse themselves from attending. The first one said to the host, ‘I just bought some land and I need to go out and look it over, so please excuse me from attending the supper.’

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ Then all of them, in the same way, began to excuse themselves [from attending]. The first one said to the host, ‘I just bought some land and I need to go out and look it over, so please excuse me [from attending the supper].’ ¹⁹ And another person said, ‘I just bought five teams of oxen and I need to go and test them out, so please excuse me [from attending the supper].’ ²⁰ And the third person said, ‘I just got married, so I cannot attend [the supper].’