Moffatt(i)
17 At the hour for supper he sent his servant to tell the guests, 'Come, things are all ready.'
18 But they all alike proceeded to decline. The first said to him, 'I have bought a farm and I am obliged to go and look at it. Pray consider me excused.'
19 The second said, 'I have bought five pair of oxen and I am going to try them. Pray consider me excused.'
20 Another said, 'I have married a wife; that is why I cannot come.'