18. all began to make excuse —(Compare Matthew 22:5 ). Three excuses, given as specimens of the rest, answer to "the care of this world " ( Matthew 22:5- : ), "the deceitfulness of riches " ( Matthew 22:5- : ), and "the pleasures of this life " ( Matthew 22:5- : ), which "choke the word" ( Matthew 13:22 ; Luke 8:14 ). Each differs from the other, and each has its own plausibility, but all come to the same result: "We have other things to attend to, more pressing just now." Nobody is represented as saying, I will not come; nay, all the answers imply that but for certain things they would come, and when these are out of the way they will come. So it certainly is in the case intended, for the last words clearly imply that the refusers will one day become petitioners. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"
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