LUKE 14:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.”
But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me — they all alike (apo mias, from one, unanimously) began to make excuses. The first excuse is the purchased field: I just bought a field and must go see it. The implausibility is part of the point — no one buys a field without inspecting it. The excuse is a refusal dressed as an obligation.
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