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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus continues telling his parable.
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# General Information:
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All of the people who were invited gave the servant excuses about why they could not come to the banquet.
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# to make excuses
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"to say why they could not come to the dinner"
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# Please excuse me
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"Please forgive me" or "Please accept my apology"
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# five pairs of oxen
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Oxen were used in pairs to pull farming tools. AT: "10 oxen to work in my fields" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# married a wife
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Use an expression that is natural in your language. Some languages may say "gotten married" or "taken a wife."
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