And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
When you did these things and I kept silent, you thought I was exactly like you. But I now arraign you and set my accusations before you.
Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.