Bible verses about "excuses" | YLT

¹ And Moses answereth and saith, `And, if they do not give credence to me, nor hearken to my voice, and say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee?'

¹⁰ and Elisha sendeth unto him a messenger, saying, `Go, and thou hast washed seven times in Jordan, and thy flesh doth turn back to thee—and be thou clean. <sup>11</sup> And Naaman is wroth, and goeth on, and saith, `Lo, I said, Unto me he doth certainly come out, and hath stood and called in the name of Jehovah his God, and waved his hand over the place, and recovered the leper. ¹² Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? do I not wash in them and I have been clean?' and he turneth and goeth on in fury. ¹³ And his servants come nigh, and speak unto him, and say, `My father, a great thing had the prophet spoken unto thee—dost thou not do it ? and surely, when he hath said unto thee, Wash, and be clean.' ¹⁴ And he goeth down and dippeth in Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh doth turn back as the flesh of a little youth, and is clean.

⁷ And Jehovah saith unto me, `Do not say, I am a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest. ⁸ Be not afraid of their faces, for with thee am I to deliver thee, —an affirmation of Jehovah.'

⁹ the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

¹² and the man saith, `The woman whom Thou didst place with me—she hath given to me of the tree—and I do eat.'

¹² and the messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith unto him, `Jehovah is with thee, O mighty one of valour.' <sup>13</sup> And Gideon saith unto him, `O, my lord—and Jehovah is with us! —and why hath all this found us? and where are all His wonders which our fathers recounted to us, saying, Hath not Jehovah brought us up out of Egypt? and now Jehovah hath left us, and doth give us into the hand of Midian.' ¹⁴ And Jehovah turneth unto him and saith, `Go in this—thy power; and thou hast saved Israel out of the hand of Midian—have not I sent thee.' <sup>15</sup> And he saith unto him, `O, my lord, wherewith do I save Israel? lo, my chief is weak in Manasseh, and I the least in the house of my father.' ¹⁶ And Jehovah saith unto him, `Because I am with thee—thou hast smitten the Midianites as one man.' <sup>17</sup> And he saith unto Him, `If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, then Thou hast done for me a sign that Thou art speaking with me.

²¹ And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'

¹ Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man—every one who is judging—for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging, ² and we have known that the judgment of God is according to truth, upon those practising such things. ³ And dost thou think this, O man, who art judging those who such things are practising, and art doing them, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? ⁴ or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? —not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation! ⁵ but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, ⁶ who shall render to each according to his works; ⁷ to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility—life age-during; ⁸ and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek; ¹⁰ and glory, and honour, and peace, to every one who is working the good, both to Jew first, and to Greek. ¹¹ For there is no acceptance of faces with God, ¹² for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged, ¹³ for not the hearers of the law are righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: — ¹⁴ For, when nations that have not a law, by nature may do the things of the law, these not having a law—to themselves are a law; ¹⁵ who do shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also witnessing with them, and between one another the thoughts accusing or else defending, ¹⁶ in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my good news, through Jesus Christ.
¹⁷ Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God, ¹⁸ and dost know the will, and dost approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law, ¹⁹ and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness, ²⁰ an instructor of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth in the law. ²¹ Thou, then, who art teaching another, thyself dost thou not teach? ²² thou who art preaching not to steal, dost thou steal? thou who art saying not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou who art abhorring the idols, dost thou rob temples? ²³ thou who in the law dost boast, through the transgression of the law God dost thou dishonour? ²⁴ for the name of God because of you is evil spoken of among the nations, according as it hath been written. ²⁵ For circumcision, indeed, doth profit, if law thou mayest practise, but if a transgressor of law thou mayest be, thy circumcision hath become uncircumcision. ²⁶ If, therefore the uncircumcision the righteousness of the law may keep, shall not his uncircumcision for circumcision be reckoned? ²⁷ and the uncircumcision, by nature, fulfilling the law, shall judge thee who, through letter and circumcision, art a transgressor of law. ²⁸ For he is not a Jew who is so outwardly, neither is circumcision that which is outward in flesh; ²⁹ but a Jew is he who is so inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit, not in letter, of which the praise is not of men, but of God.

²⁰ for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead—to their being inexcusable;

¹ Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man—every one who is judging—for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

¹³ And Jehovah God saith to the woman, `What is this thou hast done?' and the woman saith, `The serpent hath caused me to forget—and I do eat.'

⁴ And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, ⁵ `Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.' <sup>6</sup> And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known—to speak, for I am a youth.' ⁷ And Jehovah saith unto me, `Do not say, I am a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest. <sup>8</sup> Be not afraid of their faces, for with thee am I to deliver thee, —an affirmation of Jehovah.' <sup>9</sup> And Jehovah putteth forth His hand, and striketh against my mouth, and Jehovah saith unto me, `Lo, I have put my words in thy mouth. ¹⁰ See, I have charged thee this day concerning the nations, and concerning the kingdoms, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.'

⁵⁹ And he said unto another, `Be following me;' and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;' ⁶⁰ and Jesus said to him, `Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.' <sup>61</sup> And another also said, `I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;' ⁶² and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'

¹⁰ And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `O, my Lord, I am not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I am slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.' <sup>11</sup> And Jehovah saith unto him, `Who appointed a mouth for man? or who appointeth the dumb, or deaf, or open, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah? ¹² and now, go, and I—I am with thy mouth, and have directed thee that which thou speakest;' ¹³ and he saith, `O, my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand Thou dost send.' <sup>14</sup> And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Moses, and He saith, `Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I have known that he speaketh well, and also, lo, he is coming out to meet thee; when he hath seen thee, then he hath rejoiced in his heart,

¹⁸ `And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused. <sup>19</sup> `And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused: ²⁰ and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.