Making Excuses

`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. — read the full passage →

The slothful hath said, `A lion <FI>is<Fi> without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

The slothful hath said, `A lion <FI>is<Fi> in the way, A lion <FI>is<Fi> in the broad places.'

`And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter; — read the full passage →

And he said unto another, `Be following me;' and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;' — read the full passage →

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;

And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `O, my Lord, I <FI>am<Fi> not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I <FI>am<Fi> slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.' — read the full passage →

And Samuel cometh in unto Saul, and Saul saith to him, `Blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou of Jehovah; I have performed the word of Jehovah.' — read the full passage →

And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `O, my Lord, I <FI>am<Fi> not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I <FI>am<Fi> slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.'

And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known--to speak, for I <FI>am<Fi> a youth.' — read the full passage →

and he saith, `O, my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand Thou dost send.'

And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known--to speak, for I <FI>am<Fi> a youth.'

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

Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →

`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. — read the full passage →

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things <FI>done<Fi> through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;

And Jonah riseth to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and goeth down <FI>to<Fi> Joppa, and findeth a ship going <FI>to<Fi> Tarshish, and he giveth its fare, and goeth down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.

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,

I said, therefore, to you, that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye may not believe that I am <FI>he<Fi> , ye shall die in your sins.'

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

`And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, `I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;' — read the full passage →

`And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter; — read the full passage →

`Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness hath come up before Me.' — read the full passage →

And Moses saith unto God, `Who <FI>am<Fi> I, that I go unto Pharaoh, and that I bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt?'

And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, `Why <FI>is<Fi> this? Sarah hath laughed, saying, Is it true really--I bear--and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life, and Sarah hath a son.'

`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.

And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah son of Amittai, saying: — read the full passage →

Wiser <FI>is<Fi> the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven <FI>men<Fi> returning a reason.

And God saith unto Moses, `I AM THAT WHICH I AM;' He saith also, `Thus dost thou say to the sons of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.'

Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

`I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand <FI>is<Fi> toward God to do <FI>it<Fi> . — read the full passage →

And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `O, my Lord, I <FI>am<Fi> not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I <FI>am<Fi> slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.' — read the full passage →

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you; — read the full passage →

and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment that is about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, `For the present be going, and having got time, I will call for thee;'

`If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true;

`And--a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day, — read the full passage →

`And why dost thou behold the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye, and the beam that <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye dost not consider? — read the full passage →

and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,' — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

`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.'

and Aaron saith, `Let not the anger of my lord burn; thou--thou hast known the people that it <FI>is<Fi> in evil; — read the full passage →

And the messenger answering said to the women, `Fear not ye, for I have known that Jesus, who hath been crucified, ye seek; — read the full passage →

With weeping they come in, And with supplications I bring them, I cause them to go unto streams of waters, In a right way--they stumble not in it, For I have been to Israel for a father, And Ephraim--My first-born <FI>is<Fi> he.

And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

Let no one say, being tempted--`From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one, — read the full passage →

and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many, — read the full passage →

And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses, — read the full passage →

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them. — read the full passage →

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `See, I have given thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother is thy prophet;

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

God they profess to know, and in the works they deny <FI>Him<Fi> , being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

And having heard of a rising again of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, `We will hear thee again concerning this;'

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform, — read the full passage →

Jesus said to them, `If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say--We see, therefore doth your sin remain.

and his disciples asked him, saying, `Rabbi, who did sin, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?' — read the full passage →

And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;' — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,

and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, <FI>is<Fi> abomination before God;

And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.' — read the full passage →

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence. — read the full passage →

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.

`And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast, — read the full passage →

or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye? — read the full passage →

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.

Doing kindness to thousands, and recompensing iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their sons after them; God, the great, the mighty, Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name,

And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich <FI>are<Fi> his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor <FI>is<Fi> deceit in his mouth.

Who hath wrought and done, Calling the generations from the first? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last I <FI>am<Fi> He.

I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because--at my right hand I am not moved. — read the full passage →

Of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> this salvation; On Thy people <FI>is<Fi> Thy blessing! Selah.

And Samuel cometh in unto Saul, and Saul saith to him, `Blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou of Jehovah; I have performed the word of Jehovah.' — read the full passage →

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.' — read the full passage →

`When a man taketh a wife, and hath gone in unto her, and hated her, — read the full passage →

And Moses saith before Jehovah, `Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> of uncircumcised lips, and how doth Pharaoh hearken unto me?'

and Moses speaketh before Jehovah, saying, `Lo, the sons of Israel have not hearkened unto me, and how doth Pharaoh hear me, and I of uncircumcised lips?'

And He saith, `Who hath declared to thee that thou <FI>art<Fi> naked? of the tree of which I have commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten?' — read the full passage →

I and the Father are one.' — read the full passage →

my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;

and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish--to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand; — read the full passage →

because there was born to you to-day a Saviour--who is Christ the Lord--in the city of David,

And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?' — read the full passage →

Because, even because, they did cause My people to err, Saying, Peace! and there is no peace, And that one is building a wall, And lo, they are daubing it with chalk.

And I have caused its princes to drink, And its wise men, its governors, And its prefects, and its mighty ones, And they have slept a sleep age-during, And they awake not--an affirmation of the king, Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name.

Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion, Put on the garments of thy beauty, Jerusalem--the Holy City; For enter no more into thee again, Do the uncircumcised and unclean. — read the full passage →

Ye <FI>are<Fi> My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that ye know and give credence to Me, And understand that I <FI>am<Fi> He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.

A remnant returneth--a remnant of Jacob, Unto the Mighty God.