Thematic Bible: Pressure of business
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Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Pressure of business
"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'
They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.' "Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'