“At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’
“His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’
On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.” “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.