saying, In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God, and did not regard man.
And for a time he would not, but after these things he said within himself, Although I fear not God, and regard not man,
A righteous man takes knowledge of the cause of the poor. A wicked man has no [such] understanding to know.
The highways lay waste. The wayfaring man ceases. [The enemy] has broken the covenant. He has despised the cities. He does not regard man.
And a widow was in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my opponent.
And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will be made ashamed after seeing this man.
Besides, we indeed have had chastisers--the fathers of our flesh--and we were turned around. Shall we not much more be subordinate to the Father of the spirits, and we will live?