Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 14:18

"And they all with one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused." — Luke 14:18 (ASV)

Yet it was supper time, and people do not generally go to see pieces of ground at night; and if the man had bought the land, he ought to have seen it before he bought it. People do not generally buy land without looking at it. A bad excuse is worse than none; and this is one of those excuses which will not hold water for a minute.