saying, A certain judge was in a certain city, not fearing God and not respecting man.
The righteous one knows the cause of the poor ones; the wicked one does not discern knowledge.
The ways are desolated; the path crosser ceases. He has broken the covenant; he has rejected cities; he has not respected man.
And a widow was in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me from my adversary.
And for a time he would not. But after these things he said to himself, Even if I do not fear God, and do not respect man,
And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps, having seen this one, they will respect him.
Furthermore, indeed we have had fathers of our flesh as correctors, and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits, and we shall live?