Excuses

Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’

Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the…