# Connecting Statement: Jesus continues telling his parable. # General Information: All of the people who were invited gave the servant excuses about why they could not come to the banquet. # to make excuses "to say why they could not come to the dinner" # Please excuse me "Please forgive me" or "Please accept my apology" # five pairs of oxen 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]]) # married a wife Use an expression that is natural in your language. Some languages may say "gotten married" or "taken a wife."