And again he said to him: But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of forty.
Let us go therefore with confidence to the throne of grace: that we may obtain mercy, and find grace in seasonable aid.
By all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit; and in the same watching with all instance and supplication for all the saints:
What if there be five less than fifty just persons? Wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city? And he said: I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty.
Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I find thirty there.