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Luk 14:18 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

all		Luk 20:4,5; Isa 28:12,13; Isa 29:11,12; Jer 5:4,5; Jer 6:10,16,17; Mat 22:5,6; Jhn 1:11; Jhn 5:40; Act 13:45,46; Act 18:5,6; Act 28:25-27
I have		Luk 8:14; Luk 17:26-31; Luk 18:24; Mat 24:38,39; 1Ti 6:9,10; 2Ti 4:4,10; Hbr 12:16; 1Jo 2:15,16

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	Luk 20:4	The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
	Luk 20:5	And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
	Isa 28:12	To whom he said, This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
	Isa 28:13	But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
	Isa 29:11	And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it [is] sealed:
	Isa 29:12	And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
	Jer 5:4	Therefore I said, Surely these [are] poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, [nor] the judgment of their God.
	Jer 5:5	I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, [and] the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, [and] burst the bonds.
	Jer 6:10	To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear [is] uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
	Jer 6:16	Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].
	Jer 6:17	Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
	Mat 22:5	But they made light of [it], and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
	Mat 22:6	And the remnant took his servants, and entreated [them] spitefully, and slew [them].
	Jhn 1:11	He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
	Jhn 5:40	And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
	Act 13:45	But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
	Act 13:46	Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
	Act 18:5	And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews [that] Jesus [was] Christ.
	Act 18:6	And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook [his] raiment, and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I [am] clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
	Act 28:25	And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
	Act 28:26	Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
	Act 28:27	For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

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	Luk 8:14	And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of [this] life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
	Luk 17:26	And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
	Luk 17:27	They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
	Luk 17:28	Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
	Luk 17:29	But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all.
	Luk 17:30	Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
	Luk 17:31	In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
	Luk 18:24	And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
	Mat 24:38	For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
	Mat 24:39	And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
	1Ti 6:9	But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
	1Ti 6:10	For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
	2Ti 4:4	And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
	2Ti 4:10	For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
	Hbr 12:16	Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
	1Jo 2:15	Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
	1Jo 2:16	For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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Scott, Thomas. "Luke 14:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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