Luke 14:20
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20 And another said, (A)‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’
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Deuteronomy 24:5
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5 (A)“When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year (B)to be happy with his wife[a] whom he has taken.
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- Deuteronomy 24:5 Or to make happy his wife
1 Corinthians 7:33
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33 But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,
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1 Corinthians 7:29-31
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29 This is what I mean, brothers: (A)the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, 30 and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy (B)as though they had no goods, 31 and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For (C)the present form of this world is passing away.
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Luke 18:29-30
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29 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, (A)there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers[a] or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, 30 who will not receive (B)many times more (C)in this time, and in (D)the age to come eternal life.”
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- Luke 18:29 Or wife or brothers and sisters
Luke 14:26-28
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26 (A)“If anyone comes to me and (B)does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, (C)yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 (D)Whoever does not (E)bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not (F)first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
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