And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
“Hearken to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not dismayed at their revilings.
And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads
“Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?”
They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.
But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to God
and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.
When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly.