Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
But come back and try again, all of you. I will not find a wise man among you.
You have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not honour them.
Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honouring one another.
I said to myself, ‘This happens so that God may test the children of Adam and they may see for themselves that they are like animals.’
He may be flogged with forty lashes, but no more. Otherwise, if he is flogged with more lashes than these, your brother will be degraded in your sight.
How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
You who tear yourself in anger – should the earth be abandoned on your account, or a rock be removed from its place?
