Luke 14:20 Cross References - Mace

²⁰ another said, I have married a wife: 'tis therefore impossible for me to come.

²⁶ and said, he that can't abandon his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, nay, even his own life, cannot be my disciple. ²⁷ and he that does not bear his cross, and tread in my steps, cannot be my disciple. ²⁸ for who of you would resolve to build a tower, without taking the trouble first of all to compute the expence, and whether he is able to finish it?

²⁹ Jesus answer'd, I declare unto you, no one has ever quitted house or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, upon account of the gospel-dispensation, ³⁰ who shall not receive abundantly more even in this age, and everlasting life in the age to come.

²⁹ This I say, brethren, because the time is coming, when they who have wives will be as those that have none; ³⁰ and they that weep, as those that are unconcern'd; and they that rejoice, as those that do not; and they that buy, as those that have no possessions; ³¹ and they that possess this world, as those that can't make an ill use of it. for the scene of this world is continually shifting. I would have you free from anxiety.

³³ he that is married is worldly concern'd, how he may please his wife.