Luke
Luke 14:18
18But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But | Καὶ | Kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| one after another | μιᾶς | mias | Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular | G1520 one |
| they all | πάντες | pantes | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| began | ἤρξαντο | ērxanto | Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural | G756 I begin |
| to make excuses | παραιτεῖσθαι | paraiteisthai | Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive | G3868 I make excuse, refuse, reject |
| The | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| first | πρῶτος | prōtos | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G4413 first, before |
| said | εἶπεν | eipen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| I have bought | ἠγόρασα | ēgorasa | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G59 I buy |
| a field | Ἀγρὸν | Agron | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G68 a field, the country |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| I | ἔχω | echō | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G2192 I have, hold, possess |
| need | ἀνάγκην | anankēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G318 necessity, constraint, compulsion |
| to go | ἐξελθὼν | exelthōn | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G1831 I go out, come out |
| see | ἰδεῖν | idein | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G3708 I see, look upon, experience |
| it | αὐτόν | auton | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| Please | ἐρωτῶ | erōtō | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G2065 I ask, question, request |
| excuse | παρῃτημένον | parētēmenon | Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3868 I make excuse, refuse, reject |
| me | με | me | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Luke 17:26–31 · 1 Timothy 6:9–10 · Luke 18:24 · Matthew 24:38–39 · Isaiah 29:11–12 · 2 Timothy 4:4 · Acts 18:5–6 · John 1:11 · Jeremiah 6:10 · Jeremiah 5:4–5 · John 5:40 · 1 John 2:15–16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.