secundum Matthæum 14:19

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

Et alter dixit: Juga boum emi quinque, et eo probare illa: rogo te, habe me excusatum.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
At illi cœperunt contristari, et dicere ei singulatim : Numquid ego ?

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Et alter dixit: "Iuga boum emi quinque et eo probare illa; rogo te, habe me excusatum".

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Reciprocal: Mark 4:15 - these

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen,.... To plough the field with,

and I go to prove them: this also being at, or near evening, was an unsuitable time to go into the field with yokes of oxen to try them, how they would draw the plough, and work in the field; the morning would have been a much more proper time:

I pray thee have me excused; to the master of the feast: this man represents also the carnal and worldly Jews, who preferred temporal things before spiritual.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I go to prove them - To try them, to see if he had made a good bargain. It is worthy of remark that this excuse was very trifling. He could as easily have tried them at any other time as then, and his whole conduct shows that he was more disposed to gratify “himself” than to accept the invitation of his friend. He was selfish; just as all sinners are, who, to gratify their own worldliness and sins, refuse to accept the offers of the gospel.