Luke 14:18-20 but they were all of a mind in making some excuse: the first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground, which I must needs go and see: therefore pray excuse me.

Mace⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ but they were all of a mind in making some excuse: the first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground, which I must needs go and see: therefore pray excuse me. ¹⁹ another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, which I am going to prove: I beg you to excuse me. ²⁰ another said, I have married a wife: 'tis therefore impossible for me to come.