saying, “In a certain city there was a certain judge, not fearing Elohim nor regarding man.
The righteous knows the plea of the poor, The wrong does not understand such knowledge.
The highways shall be deserted, the wayfaring man shall have ceased. He has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he respected no man.
“And a widow was in that city, and she came to him, saying, ‘Do right to me on my adversary.’
“And he would not for a while, but afterward he said within himself, ‘Even if I do not fear Elohim nor regard man,
“And the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I shall send my son, the beloved. They might respect him when they see him.’
Moreover, we indeed had fathers of our flesh disciplining us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?